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Horace, Odes
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.
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John F. Kennedy, "A Thousand Days," by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. [1965]
My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. -- (Comment made 10 April 1962 in reaction to news that U.S. Steel was raising prices by $6 per ton, right after the unions negotiated a modest new contract under pressure from JFK to keep inflation down.)
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Paul Dirac
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
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Albert Einstein
If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.
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Quintilian
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Each body has its art...
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Al Ries
Don't overlook the importance of worldwide thinking. A company that keeps its eye on Tom, Dick, and Harry is going to miss Pierre, Hans, and Yoshio.
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Bette Davis
Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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Donald Sinden
An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.
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Tom Rose
Successful men are defined by thier actions; Unsuccessful men are defined by actions not taken.
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Unknown
Accident, n. A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence of body is better.
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