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  • Oscar Wilde Anyone looking for a beautiful woman, good and intelligent, do not try one but three.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • André Malraux Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.
    André Malraux
    French writer and politician (ps. by A. Berger) (1901 - 1976)
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  • James Thurber Art, the one achievement of Man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Guillaume Apollinaire Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.
    Guillaume Apollinaire
    Italian-born French poet, critic (1880 - 1918)
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  • Henry David Thoreau As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Oscar Wilde As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Adolf Hitler As soon as by one's own propaganda even a glimpse of right on the other side is admitted, the cause for doubting one's own right is laid.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Joseph Stowell As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences.
    Joseph Stowell
    American Christian author
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  • Bill Gates At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
    Interview published in BBC (website): news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1697000/1697132.stm
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Brendan Francis At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
    Brendan Francis
    Irish poet and writer (1923 - 1964)
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  • Henry David Thoreau At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Abbie Hoffman Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • Henry Miller Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Jean de la Fontaine Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
    Jean de la Fontaine
    French writer (1621 - 1695)
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  • George Washington Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • St. Teresa of Avila Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.
    St. Teresa of Avila
    Spanish saint, mystic (1515 - 1582)
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  • Jean-Luc Godard Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion.
    Jean-Luc Godard
    French film director (1930 - 2022)
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  • Clare Boothe Luce Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes."
    Clare Boothe Luce
    American diplomat and writer (1903 - 1987)
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  • Sir John Lubbock Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.
    Sir John Lubbock
    British statesman and banker (1834 - 1913)
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  • Emma Goldman Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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