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  • William James Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Gore Vidal Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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  • Barry Eisler Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • John Keats Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity - it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Justinian Safety of the state is the highest law.
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  • Theodore Parker Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.
    Theodore Parker
    American minister (1810 - 1860)
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  • Bayard Ruskin Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay,
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only to the highest rank. Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bret Harte Snow. Everywhere. As far as the eye could reach — fifty miles, looking southward from the highest peak.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Napoleon Hill Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Woodrow Wilson Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Berton Braley The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned, The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet, The mightiest rivers aren't spanned; Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted, The chances have just begun For the best jobs haven't been started, The best work hasn't been done.
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  • Burton Cummings The biggest compliment I get is that I don't sound like anybody else. I think I value that as the highest compliment.
    Burton Cummings
    Canadian musician, singer and songwriter (1947 - )
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  • Alan Cohen The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest reward.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Samuel Smiles The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Juvenal The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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