How many a man has… Henry David Thoreau
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Reading, 1854
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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The great thing in… Oliver Wendell Holmes
The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
US author & physician (1809 - 1894)
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The public will… Edith Sitwell
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
Edith Sitwell
English biographer, critic, novelist, & poet (1887 - 1964)
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A vacuum is a hell… Tennessee Williams
A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
US dramatist (1911 - 1983)
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Men are born with… Charles Caleb Colton
Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
Charles Caleb Colton
(1780 - 1832)
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I love acting. It… Oscar Wilde
I love acting. It is so much more real than life.
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
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The easiest way for… Katharine Whitehorn
The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.
Katharine Whitehorn
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The golden rule is… George Bernard Shaw
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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In the highest… Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: Quotation and Originality, 1876
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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Ritual is the way… Christina Baldwin
Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.
Christina Baldwin
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The public is… Oscar Wilde
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)
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America is a… Sigmund Freud
America is a mistake, a giant mistake.
Sigmund Freud
Austrian psychologist (1856 - 1939)
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It matters not… Darin Weinberg
It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
Darin Weinberg
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This Englishwoman… Stevie Smith
This Englishwoman is so refined She has no bosom and no behind.
Stevie Smith
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I detest… Stephen Leacock
I detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.
Stephen Leacock
Canadian economist & humorist (1869 - 1944)
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It is most unwise… George Bernard Shaw
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Books are the… Charles W. Eliot
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.
Charles W. Eliot, The Happy Life, 1896
US educator (1834 - 1926)
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[Water is] the only… Henry David Thoreau
[Water is] the only drink for a wise man.
Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)
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To err is… Berton Averre
To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.
Berton Averre
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Most people would… Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Driftwood; Table Talk, 1857
US poet (1807 - 1882)
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Getting kicked out… Melvin Belli on the occasion of his getting kicked out of the American Bar Association
Getting kicked out of the American Bar Association is like getting kicked out of the Book-of-the-Month-Club.
Melvin Belli on the occasion of his getting kicked out of the American Bar Association
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If you educate a… Ruby Manikan
If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family.
Ruby Manikan
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We live in an age… Jeff Marder
We live in an age when pizza gets to your home before the police.
Jeff Marder
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All great truths… George Bernard Shaw
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
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Many books require… Charles Caleb Colton
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, 1820
(1780 - 1832)
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I am never afraid… Anna Sewell
I am never afraid of what I know.
Anna Sewell
British author (1820 - 1878)
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Everything in the… Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)
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Hitch your wagon to… Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hitch your wagon to a star.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “American Civilization”, The Atlantic Monthly, 1862
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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The Pig, if I am… Ogden Nash
The Pig, if I am not mistaken, Supplies us sausage, ham, and Bacon. Let others say his heart is big, I think it stupid of the Pig.
Ogden Nash, “The Pig”
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
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Good girls go to… Helen Gurley Brown
Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.
Helen Gurley Brown
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All paid jobs… Aristotle
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Aristotle
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)
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Finally, in… Peter Sellers
Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.
Peter Sellers
English comic movie actor (1925 - 1980)
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Exercise ferments… Joseph Addison
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711
English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 - 1719)
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To establish… Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)
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Usually, terrible… Russell Baker
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
Russell Baker
US columnist & journalist (1925 - )
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It is better to… George Washington
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George Washington, letter to his niece Harriet Washington, October 30, 1791
First president of US (1732 - 1799)
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CandyIs dandyBut… Ogden Nash
CandyIs dandyBut liquorIs quicker.
Ogden Nash, “Reflections on Ice-Breaking”
US humorist & poet (1902 - 1971)
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The penalty of… Nancy Astor
The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
Nancy Astor
British politician (1879 - 1964)
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Chess is as… Raymond Chandler
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
Raymond Chandler
US detective novelist & screenwriter (1888 - 1959)
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Happiness is… Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Albert Schweitzer
French philosopher & physician (1875 - 1965)
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Every artist was… Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: Progress of Culture, 1876
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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A man may well… John Heywood
A man may well bring a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink.
John Heywood
English dramatist & epigrammist (1497 - 1580)
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Under certain… Mark Twain
Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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To me, old age is… Bernard M. Baruch
To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Bernard M. Baruch, 1940
US businessman & politician (1870 - 1965)
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In Hollywood a… Ben Hecht
In Hollywood a starlet is the name for any woman under thirty who is not actively employed in a brothel.
Ben Hecht
US author & dramatist (1893 - 1964)
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It is better to be… Mae West
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Mae West
US movie actress (1892 - 1980)
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Anybody who watches… Erma Bombeck
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.
Erma Bombeck
US author & humorist (1927 - 1996)
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Truth has no… Albert Schweitzer
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now — always.
Albert Schweitzer
French philosopher & physician (1875 - 1965)
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Minds, like bodies,… Charles Dickens
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
Charles Dickens
English novelist (1812 - 1870)
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The good or ill of… Epictetus
The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.
Epictetus
Roman (Greek-born) slave & Stoic philosopher (55 AD - 135 AD)
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