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  • Marquis de Sade Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Marcel Proust Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Francis Quarles Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Honoré de Balzac Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
    Honoré de Balzac
    French writer (1799 - 1850)
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  • Carrie Vaughn Have a picture in mind of the kind of career you want, the kind of writer you want to be. This will help you make tough decisions when you reach crossroads - choosing an agent, deciding to accept deals.
    Carrie Vaughn
    American writer (1973 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love too much at least you get a damned clarte that is like no other light. A very clear and hollow light.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • B. D. Wong Having done 'M. Butterfly,' I'm conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen.
    B. D. Wong
    American actor (1960 - )
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  • William Ellery Channing He is to be educated not because he's to make shoes, nails, and pins, but because he is a man.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Herman Melville He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
    Herman Melville
    American author (1819 - 1891)
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  • Aneurin Bevan He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Thomas Paine He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Bob Crosby He wanted me to learn to stand on my own feet, and to make it impossible for me to thank him.
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  • A. J. P. Taylor He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Ali ibn Abi Talib He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
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  • Benjamin Robbins Curtis He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.
    Benjamin Robbins Curtis
    American attorney (1809 - 1874)
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  • Abraham Lincoln He who molds the public sentiment... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Charles Dickens He would make a lovely corpse.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • William Wycherley He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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