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Zelazny, Roger -- Trumps of Doom, ch. 3 [Merlin] (1985)

Power is like money. You can usually get it if you’re competent and it’s the only thing you want in life. Roger Zelazny (1937-1995) American writerTrumps of Doom, ch. 3 [Merlin] (1985)

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Russell, Dora -- The Religion of the Machine Age (1983)

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying. Dora, Countess Russell (1894-1986) British author, feminist, social activist [Dora Russell, née Black]The...

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Wilde, Oscar -- Lady Windermere’s Fan, Act 3 [Dumby] (1892)

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatistLady Windermere’s Fan, Act 3 [Dumby] (1892)...

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Shaw, George Bernard -- Man and Superman, Act 4 [Mendoza] (1903)

There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) British playwright and criticMan and Superman, Act 4 [Mendoza] (1903) See...

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- De Officiis [On Duties; On Moral Duty; The...

War should be made with no other view than the attainment of peace. [Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud nisi pax quaesita videatur.] Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman,...

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Shakespeare, William -- All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 39ff...

All’s well that ends well. Still the fine’s the crown. Whate’er the course, the end is the renown. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poetAll’s Well That Ends Well, Act 4, sc. 4, l....

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Jefferson, Thomas -- Letter to François de Marbois (14 Jun 1817)

My theory has always been that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter than the gloom of despair. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath,...

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Martial -- Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book 7, epigram 81 (7.81) [tr. Marcellino...

Some thirty poems in the book Are poor, you say. Egad! If you’ve found thirty good ones, too, The book is great, not bad. [‘Triginta toto mala sunt epigrammata libro.’ Si totidem bona sunt, Lause,...

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Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 1 “Inferno,”...

Consider what you came from: you are Greeks! You were not born to live like mindless brutes but to follow paths of excellence and knowledge. [Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come...

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Curie, Marie -- Letter to her brother Joseph (1894-03-18)

It seems that life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing,...

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Faulkner, William -- “The Art of Fiction No. 12,” interview by Jean Stein,...

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner (1897-1962) American...

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Curie, Marie -- Letter to her brother Joseph (1894-03-18)

One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-French physicist and chemist [b. Maria Salomea Skłodowska]Letter to her brother Joseph...

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Mankiewicz, Joseph -- Citizen Kane [Mr. Bernstein] (1941) [with Orson Welles]

Well, it’s no trick to make a lot of money — if all you want to do is make a lot of money. Joseph Mankiewicz (1909-1993) American screenwriter, director, producerCitizen Kane [Mr. Bernstein] (1941)...

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Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 “Purgatorio,”...

Everyone has a confused notion of good, On which he sets his mind, and which he desires; And therefore everyone tries to attain it. [Ciascun confusamente un bene apprende nel qual si queti l’animo, e...

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Montesquieu, Baron de -- Persian Letters [Lettres Persanes], Letter 66, Rica...

The mania afflicting most French people is the desire to be witty, and the mania afflicting those who want to be witty is the desire to write books. However, this is a very bad idea.   [La fureur de la...

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