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Joseph Roux: Science is for...

Joseph Roux: Science is for...

Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.

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Jose Ortega y Gasset: Effort is only...

Jose Ortega y Gasset: Effort is only...

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Source: In Search of Goethe from...

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Heraclitus of Ephesus: The road up...

Heraclitus of Ephesus: The road up...

The road up and the road down is one and the same.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Heraclitus of Ephesus: Opposition brings concord....

Heraclitus of Ephesus: Opposition brings concord....

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the greatest harmony.

Source: In...

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Giordano Bruno: The universe is...

Giordano Bruno: The universe is...

The universe is then one, infinite, immobile. . . . It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and...

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Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a...

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Marquis de Sade: It is certain...

Marquis de Sade: It is certain...

It is certain that stealing nourishes courage, strength, skill, tact, in a word, all the virtues useful to a...

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Marquis de Sade: For mortal men...

Marquis de Sade: For mortal men...

For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once his life...

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Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the...

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Marquis de Sade: Man's natural character...

Marquis de Sade: Man's natural character...

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom...

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Graham Henry Greene: Failure too is...

Graham Henry Greene: Failure too is...

Failure too is a form of death. . .

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Graham Henry Greene: Behind the complicated...

Graham Henry Greene: Behind the complicated...

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up man or woman knows the...

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Theodore Dreiser: Art is the...

Theodore Dreiser: Art is the...

Art is the stored honey of the human soul,
gathered on wings of misery and travail.


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Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.

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Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Edward Hoagland: Many people have...

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

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Sir Walter Besant: Tolerance is the...

Sir Walter Besant: Tolerance is the...

Tolerance is the eager and glad acceptance of the way along which others seek the truth.

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Jean Paul: The timid are...

Jean Paul: The timid are...

The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after...

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Alex Haley: I look...

Alex Haley: I look...

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others...

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Mark Twain: All you need...

Mark Twain: All you need...

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

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Douglas Coupland: I like doing...

Douglas Coupland: I like doing...

I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only...

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