“Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.”
— Sydney Smith
Author: Sydney Smith
Category: nature
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Every profession will have its rogues, of
It is impossible, as impossible as to
“It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.”
— John Ruskin
Author: John Ruskin
Category: architecture
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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I
“Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.”
— Maurice Sendak
Author: Maurice Sendak
Category: movies
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The very reasons sometimes that you make
But the attitude of faith is to
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we
“Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.”
— Wendell Willkie
Author: Wendell Willkie
Category: freedom
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When all of your wishes are granted,
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
— Charles Spurgeon
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Category: great
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