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The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he… — Henry Adams
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few… — Joseph Addison
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. — Franz Boas
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a… — Seneca the Younger
Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings. — Zhuge Liang
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I believe that the teacher's place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is not in the… — John Dewey
The central problem of an education based upon experience is to select the kind of present experience that live fruitfully and creatively in subsequent experiences. — John Dewey
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I… — Clyde Tombaugh
Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few. — Ken Robinson
How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of… — Bill Bradley
Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character of those of… — Charles Babbage
When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid… — Confucius
I think she [Rosalind Franklin] was a good experimentalist but certainly not of the first rank. She was simply not in the same class as… — Francis Crick
It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few of them for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and… — Albert Einstein
Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to… — Nhat Hanh
If I were to select a jack-booted group of fascists who are perhaps as large a danger to American society as I could pick today,… — John Dingell
There is a cowardly propensity in the human heart that delights in oppressing somebody else, and in the gratification of this base desire we always… — James T. Rapier
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man… — Philip Danforth Armour

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