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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson 'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Aeschylus Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Billy Graham I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • George Bernard Shaw When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Joseph Addison Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • George Orwell All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Florence Scovel Shinn Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
    Florence Scovel Shinn
    American artist, writer
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  • Caroll Spinney Frankly, I think if I won the lottery and won a billion dollars, I'd still want to continue doing this job. I love expressing myself through it. I've gotten to really love acting. And I've gotten to know Big Bird from the inside out so thoroughly it's like playing my kid. I can't imagine deliberately stopping.
    Caroll Spinney
    American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (1933 - 2019)
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  • C. S. Lewis If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Ralph Charell It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived…
    Ralph Charell
    American author
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  • Frank Lloyd Wright Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    American architect (1867 - 1959)
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  • Orison Swett Marden Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
    Orison Swett Marden
    American inspirational author (1848 - 1924)
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  • Henry Brooks Adams The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
    Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Joel Rosenberg Yea, though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest son of a bitch in the valley.
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  • Mark Twain A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Chief Seattle A few more moons, a few more winters, and not one of all the mighty hosts that once filled this broad land or that now roam in fragmentary bands through these vast solitudes will remain to weep over the tombs of a people once as powerful and as hopeful as your own. But why should we repine? Why should I murmur at the fate of my people? Tribes are made up of individuals and are no better than they. Men come and go like the waves of the sea. A tear, a tamanamus, a dirge, and they are gone from our
    Speech 1854
    Chief Seattle
    Chief of the Suquamish and Duwanish Indians (1780 - 1866)
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  • Anais Nin A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked…
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Anthony Hecht A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.
    Anthony Hecht
    American poet (1923 - 2004)
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