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Winifred Holtby, O Magazine, September 2002

The things that one most wants to d…

2 Sep , 2020  

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing. Great short quote and quotation by: Winifred Holtby, O Magazine, September 2002 ,

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Xaviera Hollander

The world wants to be cheated. So c…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world wants to be cheated. So cheat. Great short quote and quotation by: Xaviera Hollander ,

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Sebastian Brant, The Ship of Fools

The world wants to be deceived….

25 Jan , 2017  

The world wants to be deceived. Great short quote and quotation by: Sebastian Brant, The Ship of Fools , German humanist & poet (1457 – 1521)

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David Viscott

The worst thing one can do is not t…

6 Sep , 2016  

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing. Great short quote and quotation by: David Viscott ,

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There are many shining qualities on…

3 May , 2016  

There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks […]

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There is a great deal of difference…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. Great short quote and quotation by: G. K. Chesterton , English author & mystery novelist (1874 – 1936)

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Hugh Blair

True gentleness is founded on a sen…

13 Oct , 2011  

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle. […]

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Roland Barthes, Esprit

What the public wants is the image …

15 Feb , 2011  

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself. Great short quote and quotation by: Roland Barthes, Esprit ,

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When a man wants to murder a tiger …

15 Feb , 2011  

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

When I think of talking, it is of c…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding divine quality of receptiveness, and where will you find this but in a woman? Great short quote and quotation by: Oliver Wendell Holmes , US author & physician (1809 – 1894)

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H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

Who the hell wants to hear actors t…

15 Feb , 2011  

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? Great short quote and quotation by: H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927. ,

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