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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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EDITH WHARTON
Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever pi...
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WILL ROGERS
Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection th...
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SIMONE WEIL
Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.
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MICHAEL KORDA
Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is w...
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinki...
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ALEXANDER POPE
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and s...
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JESSAMYN WEST
Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it: men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the ...
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ARISTOTELES
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advic...
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HENRI NOUWEN
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