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"Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside"
William S. Burroughs, Writer
"Big doors swing on little hinges"
W. Clement Stone, Businessman
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians"
Muhammad Iqbal, Poet
"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
"What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing"
Gustave Flaubert, Novelist
"The things that we love tell us what we are"
Thomas Aquinas, Theologian
"He who serves a revolution ploughs a sea"
Simon Bolivar, Leader
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye"
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Novelist
"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be"
Virgil, Writer
"Defense is superior to opulence"
Adam Smith, Economist
"Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide"
John Dryden, Poet
"The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything"
Clarence Darrow, Lawyer
"Nothing is said that has not been said before"
Terence, Playwright
"Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no"
J. R. R. Tolkien, Novelist
"Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye"
William Gibson, Writer
"Please all, and you will please none"
Aesop, Author
"If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst"
Thomas Hardy, Novelist
"A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet"
Truman Capote, Novelist
"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before"
Willa Cather, Author
"A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world"
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Novelist
"Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has"
Alphonse Karr, Critic
"Good is not good when better is expected"
Vin Scully, Celebrity
"We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind"
John Robert Seeley, Writer
"It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins"
Jerome Cady, Screenwriter
"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor"
Sholom Aleichem, Writer
"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce"
Voltaire, Writer
"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe"
Lao Tzu, Author
"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power"
Lao Tzu, Author
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still"
Lao Tzu, Author
"Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
"Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
"He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them needs religion"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
"We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory"
Cicero, Philosopher
"Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know"
Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author
"There was never a genius without a tincture of madness"
Aristotle, Philosopher
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