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Them Quotes by Joseph Epstein
- All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly…
- One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel…
- What all great teachers appear to have in common is love of their subject, an obvious satisfaction in rousing this love in their students, and…
- I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form…
- I am afraid I am one of those people who continues to read in the hope of sometime discovering in a book a single—and singular—piece…
- What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.
- We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle