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  • Confucius To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • William Congreve A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • George Jean Nathan A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
    George Jean Nathan
    American criticus (1882 - 1958)
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  • Anthony J. D'Angelo Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
    American writer
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  • Alexander McQueen British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.
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  • Roger Staubach Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
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  • Benjamin Franklin Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Robert Collier Constant repetition carries conviction.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Jules Renard Fame is a constant effort
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Seneca It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Harold Pinter The crimes of the U.S. throughout the world have been systematic, constant, clinical, remorseless, and fully documented but nobody talks about them.
    Harold Pinter
    English playwright, screenwriter and director (1930 - 2008)
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  • Boris Pasternak The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike, and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. Our nervous system isn't just a fiction, it's a part of our physical body, and our soul exists in space, and is inside us, like the teeth in our mouth. It can't be forever violated with impunity.
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Natalie Clifford Barney There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.
    Natalie Clifford Barney
    American-born French author (1876 - 1972)
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  • Jonathan Swift Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler 'What comes next?' is the constant question I'm asked by outsiders eager to travel to the island. During the eleven years I traveled to Havana, very few Cubans I met on the island ever bothered to verbalize this question.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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  • Bell Hooks ...there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • John Steinbeck A book is like a man: clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.
    John Steinbeck
    American author (1902 - 1968)
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  • Lord Chesterfield A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, are strong indications of futility.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • George Ade A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
    George Ade
    American humorist, playwright (1866 - 1944)
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