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Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer. Humphry Davy
Jane Austen quote: "Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was..."
Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy, than felt herself to be s? Jane Austen
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness. Arthur Schopenhauer
Alexander Dumas quote: "I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think,..."
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. Alexander Dumas
There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature. Stephen Covey
..........books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of gold And orient gems, which, for a day of need, The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs. These hoards of truth you can unlock at will: William Wordsworth
Harold Bloom quote: "We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more..."
We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own. Harold Bloom
It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down. Agatha Christie
I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have. Plato
Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine. Woody Allen
I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I envy not the beast that takes His license in the field of time, Unfetter’d by the sense of crime, To whom a conscience never wakes; Nor, what may count itself as blest, The heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth; Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and... Alfred Lord Tennyson
E. M. Forster quote: "One person with passion is better than forty people merely..."
One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested. E. M. Forster
Samuel Beckett quote: "There is no use indicting words, they are no shoddier than..."
There is no use indicting words, they are no shoddier than what they peddle. Samuel Beckett
Dodie Smith quote: "Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way..."
Thinking of death--strange, beautiful, terrible and a long way off--made me feel happier than ever. Dodie Smith
I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail. Leon Uris

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