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I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn things.
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Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maximes (1678)
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904 - 1991)
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Seek simplicity, and distrust it.
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Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.
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Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
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James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.
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Stephen Ambrose (1936 - 2002), in Fast Company
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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Diogenes the Cynic (412 BC - 323 BC)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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