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David Schwartz

There is a good side to every situa…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a good side to every situation. Great short quote and quotation by: David Schwartz ,

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There is a New America every mornin…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a New America every morning when we wake up. It is upon us whether we will it or not. Great short quote and quotation by: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. , US diplomat & Democratic politician (1900 – 1965)

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H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

There is always an easy solution to…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is always an easy solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy , US editor (1880 – 1956)

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H. L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second Series, 1920

There is always a well-known soluti…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem–neat, plausible, and wrong. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken, Prejudices: Second Series, 1920 , US editor (1880 – 1956)

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William Hart Coleridge

There is an art of which every man …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is an art of which every man should be a master the art of reflection. If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all? Great short quote and quotation by: William Hart Coleridge ,

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There is no den in the wide world t…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and squirrel. Great short […]

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Simone de Beauvoir, "A Very Easy Death"

There is no such thing as a natural…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no such thing as a natural death: nothing that happens to a man is ever natural, since his presence calls the world into question. All men must die: but for every man his death is an accident and, even if he knows it and consents to it, an unjustifiable violation. Great short quote […]

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There is no witness so dreadful, no…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man. Great short quote and quotation by: Polybius, History , Greek historian (205 BC – 118 BC)

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There is one piece of advice, in a …

2 May , 2015  

There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle – to do nothing at all. Great short quote and quotation by: Sydney Smith , English essayist (1771 – 1845)

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There ought to be a room in every h…

17 Nov , 2014  

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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Saul Bellow, O Magazine, September 2003

There was a disturbance in my heart…

17 Nov , 2014  

There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it it got even stronger. Great short quote and quotation by: Saul Bellow, O Magazine, September 2003 , US (Canadian-born) author (1915 – )

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Samuel Johnson, Taxation No Tyranny

There will always be a part, and al…

25 Feb , 2014  

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel Johnson, Taxation No Tyranny , English author, […]

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