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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that…
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I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a…
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If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear.…
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second chance were…
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war…
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Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human…
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition…
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Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close…
— George Burns
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Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Brevity - the sister of talent.
— Anton Chekhov
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Whatever advice you give, be short.
— Horace
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The breaking up of the terrestrial globe, this it is we witness. It doubtless began a long time ago, and the brevity…
— Eduard Suess
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Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.
— Louise Brooks
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My four articles of faith: clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity.
— William Zinsser
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Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
— William Zinsser
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What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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