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  • Isak Dineson Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost.
    Isak Dineson
     
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  • André Gide Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Eknath Easwaran Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
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  • Alfred Korzybski Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.
    Alfred Korzybski
    Polish-American independent scholar (1879 - 1950)
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  • Ben Jonson Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike;
    One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
    Source: The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio LXI, To Fool, or Knave, lines 1-2.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Jawaharlal Nehru Time is not measured by the passing of years, but by what one does, what one feels and what one achieves.
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Indian nationalist and statesman (1889 - 1964)
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  • Arthur Brisbane Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.
    Arthur Brisbane
    American newspaper editor (1864 - 1936)
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  • Anita Brookner Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Mohsin Hamid Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.
    Source: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007) 96
    Mohsin Hamid
    British Pakistani novelist, writer (1971 - )
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  • T. S. Eliot Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Ralph Hodgson Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?
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  • Arvo Part Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning.
    Arvo Part
    Estonian composer
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Epictetus To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Horace Walpole To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation.
    Source: Letter to Sir Horace Mann (27-05-1776)
    Horace Walpole
    British writer (1717 - 1797)
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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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  • C. V. Raman To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water. The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
    C. V. Raman
    Indian physicist (1888 - 1970)
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  • Mark Twain To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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