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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

When you force a man to act against his own choice and judgment, it's his thinking that you want him to suspend.

Actions - Choice - Force - Judging - Man - Novel - People - Philosophy - Thinking - Wants

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Samuel Johnson

Writer, Poet, Lexicographer

In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether slavery can ever be supposed the natural condition of man. It is impossible not to conceive that men in their original state were equal; and very difficult to imagine how one would be subjected to another but by violent compulsion. An individual may, indeed, forfeit his liberty by a crime; but he cannot by that crime forfeit the liberty of his children.

Age - Children - Conditioning - Countries - Crime - Difficulty - Doubt - Equality - Imagination - Impossible - Individual - Liberty - Man - Original - Slavery - State - Violence

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Gustave Flaubert

Novelist

It seems to me... that I have always lived! I possess memories that go back to the Pharoahs. I see myself very clearly at different ages of history, practicing different professions... My present personality is the result of my lost [past] personalities.

Age - Loss - Memory - Past - Personality - Profession

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Mark Twain

Writer, Humorist, Entrepreneur, Publisher, Lecturer

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Age - Death - Sarcasm - Sickness

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

Economist, Philosopher, Philosopher

The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thought.

Objectification - Philosophy

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher, Poet

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

Giving - Good - Inspiration - Philosophy

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C. S. Lewis

Novelist, Scholar, Broadcaster

Autumn is really the best of the seasons; and I'm not sure that old age isn't the best part of life.

Age

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George Santayana

Philosopher, Writer, Poet

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Expectation - Philosophy

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Hippocrates

Writer, Scientist, Greek physician

Positive health requires a knowledge of man's primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known. The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.

Age - Constitution - Eating - Effectiveness - Enough - Exercise - Fall - Giving - Home - Human - Individual - Knowledge - Man - Seasons - Sickness

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Blaise Pascal

Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor, Theologian

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

Age

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Niccolo Machiavelli

Politician, Historian, Philosopher, Writer

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Inspiration - Man - Offence - Philosophy

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Moliere

Musician, Playwright, Playwright

With a smile we should instruct our youth.

Thinking - Youth

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Augustine of Hippo

Theologian, Philosopher

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Imperfection - Man - Perfection - Philosophy - Saints

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Paramahansa Yogananda

Scientist, Leader, Guru

There is in India a story of a dying youth who, hearing the sobs of grief around him, cried: Insult me not with your cries of sympathy. When I soar to the land of eternal light and love; it is I who should feel for you. For me, disease, shattering of bones, sorrow, excruciating heartaches no more. I dream joy, I glide in joy, I breathe in joy evermore.

Breathing - Crying - Death - Disease - Eternity - Feelings - Grief - Hearing - India - Insult - Joy - Story - Youth

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Statesman, Orator, Lawyer, Philosopher

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

Age

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Benjamin Disraeli

Former Prime Minister of the U.K.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Age - Quotes - Wisdom

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Werner Heisenberg

Educator, Physicist, Physicist

My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.

Mindset - Philosophy - Studying

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George Eliot

Critic, Author, Novelist

Often the soul is ripened into fuller goodness while age has spread an ugly film, so that mere glances can never divine the preciousness of the fruit.

Age - Film - Good - Soul - Ugly

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Amos Bronson Alcott

Educator, Writer, Philosopher, Reformer

The finer literature, indeed, is characterized by a certain suffusion of the feminine flavor, the finer, the more ideal, thought plumed with sentiment; even science loves to spring from its feet, philosophy affect the clouds to inspire and edify.

Certainty - Femininity - Flavors - Inspiration - Literature - Philosophy

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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

Get the hell out of my way!

Army - Leaving - Military - Novel - Philosophy - Racing - Strength

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