"History is the sextant of states which, tossed……" — Allan Nevins

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• At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics… — Rudolf Arnheim
• Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all… — Nancy Astor
• Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
• On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the… — Charles Babbage
• Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. — Francis Bacon
• All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want… — John Adams
• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,… — Melody Beattie
• Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love. — Jose Bergamin
• The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. — James Agee
• I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone
• Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent. — Marlon Brando
• I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest. — A. Whitney Brown

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