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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can…
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire…
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it…
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can…
— Quintilian
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Clear mind is like the full moon in the sky. Sometimes clouds come and cover it, but the moon is always behind…
— Seungsahn
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It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In…
— Don Cheadle
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The paradox of the English country house is that its state of permanent decline, the fact that its heyday is always behind…
— Lev Grossman
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Nature is always behind the age
— Oscar Wilde
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Hey,” Shane said from the other side of the bars. “Trade you cigarettes for a chocolate bar.” Funny,” Eve said. She was…
— Rachel Caine
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Your Past! It's always behind you.
— Melchor Lim
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Each Day, I change, Leave behind the man I was. Driven, Determined, Only to be, A better man, Than I was yesterday.…
— Eric Nickel
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In L.A. nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass.
— Brendan Fraser
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Now this is bad.. This ghost here, has not been following you; but STALKING you. you don't see her, but she's always…
— Kaylee
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