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698 quotes by 450 authors
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I, who have been so many men in vain, want to be one man, myself alone. From out of a whirlwind the voice of God…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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He received me not only cordially, but he was also full of confidence with respect to the war. His first words, after he had welcomed…
— Chaim Weizmann
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I had a job, I got ill, I left the job to get better, and while I was getting better, I wrote some stories. I…
— Ali Smith
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Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man,…
— Gautama Buddha
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Asked in 1919 whether it was true that only three people in the world understood the theory of general relativity, [Eddington] allegedly replied: "Who's the…
— Arthur Eddington
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A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the stones, and the…
— Richard Hamming
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In answer to the question, "Shouldn't the commandments be rewritten?," someone thoughtfully replied, "No, they should be reread."
— Richard L. Evans
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At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how…
— Ama Ata Aidoo
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'What's the use of their having names the Gnat said, 'if they won't answer to them?' 'No use to them,' said Alice; 'but it's useful…
— Lewis Carroll
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They said, 'You have a blue guitar, / You do not play things as they are.' / The man replied, 'Things as they are /…
— Wallace Stevens
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Diogenes, filthily attired, paced across the splendid carpets in Plato's dwelling. Thus, said he, do I trample on the pride of Plato. Yes, Plato replied,…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the pleasure there would…
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By spending forty years…
— Santiago Ramon y Cajal
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I observed once to Goethe that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when he is away.…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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When told by a helpful aide that his flies were undone he replied 'Young man, there is no harm in leaving the cage door open…
— Winston Churchill
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Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and…
— Saadi
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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he…
— Ambrose Bierce
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A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you…
— Ambrose Bierce
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A painter was asked why, since he made such beautiful figures, which were but dead things, his children were so ugly; to which the painter…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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I have been told that a young would-be composer wrote to Mozart asking advice about how to compose a symphony. Mozart responded that a symphony…
— Isaac Asimov
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