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An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a read more

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.

by Sholem Asch Found in: Illness Quotes,
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I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to read more

I don't know very much, but what I do know I know better than anybody, and I don't want to argue about it. I know what I think about an actor or an actress, and am not interested in what anybody else thinks.

by James Agate Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The read more

Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels.

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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

by Erich Fromm Found in: All about love Quotes,
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This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy.

This sounds like a geography question. I'm a geography major, so you're probably talking to the right guy.

by Chad Allen Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

by Unknown Found in: Books Quotes,
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In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature,
the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
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In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature,
the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
- Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,

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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding read more

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

by Elizabeth Ii Found in: Yield Quotes,
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He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be
counted among great men.
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He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be
counted among great men.
[Lat., Qui ex errore imperitae multitudinis pendet, hic in magnis
viris non est habendus.]

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I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

by Jules Renard Found in: Sincerity Quotes,
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