Short quotations about, known - Page 2

Leszezynski Stanislaus

What is fame? The advantage of bein…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little. Great short quote and quotation by: Leszezynski Stanislaus ,

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Stanislaus

What is fame? The advantage of bein…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little Great short quote and quotation by: Stanislaus ,

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Paul Valery

What others think of us would be of…

15 Feb , 2011  

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Paul Valery , French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)

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When one is trying to do something …

15 Feb , 2011  

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Miller , US author (1891 – 1980)

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When one is trying to do something …

15 Feb , 2011  

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Miller , US author (1891 – 1980)

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Egyptian Inscription Recorded at the Time of the Invention of Writing

Would I had phrases that are not kn…

19 Aug , 2010  

Would I had phrases that are not known, utterances that are strange, in new language that has not been used, free from repetition, not an utterance which has grown stale, which men of old have spoken. Great short quote and quotation by: Egyptian Inscription Recorded at the Time of the Invention of Writing ,

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Voltaire

You despise books; you whose lives …

27 Apr , 2010  

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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