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Euripides: If we could...

Euripides: If we could...

If we could be twice young and twice old, we could correct all our mistakes.

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William Gilbert: Down went the...

William Gilbert: Down went the...

Down went the owners --greedy men whom hope of gain allured:
Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily...

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Arthur Miller: The apple cannot...

Arthur Miller: The apple cannot...

The apple cannot be stuck back on The Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek...

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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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Aristophanes: Quickly, bring me...

Aristophanes: Quickly, bring me...

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

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Menander: We live, not...

Menander: We live, not...

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Philip Massinger: To doubt is...

Philip Massinger: To doubt is...

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on...

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Alexandre Dumas, fils: Love without esteem...

Alexandre Dumas, fils: Love without esteem...

Love without esteem cannot go far or reach high. It is an angel with only one wing.

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Edward Albee: You gotta have...

Edward Albee: You gotta have...

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

Source: Who's Afraid of...

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Michelangelo: Every beauty which...

Michelangelo: Every beauty which...

Every beauty which is seen here below by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source...

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Michelangelo: Genius is eternal...

Michelangelo: Genius is eternal...

Genius is eternal patience.

Source: In The Book of Success, ed. Richard Shea,...

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John Berger: Nothing fortuitous happens...

John Berger: Nothing fortuitous happens...

Nothing fortuitous happens in a child's world. There are no accidents. Everything is connected with everything else...

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John Berger: I can't tell...

John Berger: I can't tell...

I can't tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that often art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge to...

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Benjamin Haydon: Genius is nothing...

Benjamin Haydon: Genius is nothing...

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing...

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Brian Tracy: Just as your...

Brian Tracy: Just as your...

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect...

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Oliver Herford: A rolling stone...

Oliver Herford: A rolling stone...

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.

Source: In...

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Wyndham Lewis: When we say...

Wyndham Lewis: When we say...

When we say science we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect:...

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Scott Adams: The amount of...

Scott Adams: The amount of...

The amount of energy spent laughing at a joke should be directly proportional to the hierarchical status of the joke...

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G C Lichtenberg: Some men come...

G C Lichtenberg: Some men come...

Some men come by the name of genius in the same way as an insect comes by the name of centipede -- not because it has...

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Francis Galton: Well-washed and well-combed...

Francis Galton: Well-washed and well-combed...

Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.

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