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William James quote: "The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is..."
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. William James
Alexis de Tocqueville quote: "The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls..."
The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls the wretchedness and nothingness of man. Alexis de Tocqueville
Will this long presidency of George W. Bush ever be over? Living through it is starting to seem like some ghastly, upsetting novel in which the hero is the country, and the president is this disturbing, pig-headed, oblivious villain who makes things worse and worse and worse. Christopher Durang
Who is to say that prayers have any effect? On the other hand, who is to say they don't? I picture the gods, diddling around on Olympus, wallowing in the nectar and ambrosia and the aroma of burning bones and fat, mischievous as a pack of ten-year-olds with a sick cat to play with and a lot of time on their hands. 'Which prayer shall we answer today?' they ask one another. 'Let's cast the dice! Hope for this one, despair for that one, and while we're at it, let's destroy the life of that... Margaret Atwood
I'm getting used to this planet and to this curious human culture which is as cheerfully enthusiastic as it is cheerfully crue Annie Dillard
I've forgotten the words with which to tell you. I knew them once, but I've forgotten them, and now I'm talking to you without them. Marguerite Duras
Pierre Corneille quote: "Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame..."
Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel. Pierre Corneille
What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I possibly join them on to the little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush, as produces little effect after much labour? Jane Austen
In these centuries when God,...was forging a Christian church so that it might fulfill the longing of a hungry world, He was at the same time perfecting His first religion, Judaism, so that it might stand as the permanent norm against which to judge all others. Whenever, in the future some new religion strayed too far from the basic precepts of Judaism, God could be assured that it was in error; so in the Galilee, His ancient cauldron of faith, he spent as much time upon the old Jews as He... James A. Michener
In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All around the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Giant Wimbleweather burst into one of those not very intelligent laughs to which the nicer sort of Giants are so liable. He checked himself at once and looked as grace as a turnip by the time Reepicheep discovered where the noise came from. C. S. Lewis
That will not be the time for choosing: it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realized it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is out chance to chose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
Benjamin Graham quote: "An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis,..."
An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Benjamin Graham
... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go down or are cast upon the shore, wrecks of what they might have been Louisa May Alcott
Between shame and shamelessness lies the axis upon which we turn; meteorological conditions at both these poles are of the most extreme, ferocious type. Shamelessness, shame: the roots of violence. Salman Rushdie

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