"A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick."

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"Nothing endures but personal qualities."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block."

Annie Dillard, American Author

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"There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

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"Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

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"If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

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"Nothing endures but personal qualities."

"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing."

"Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing."

"Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block."

"There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence."

"Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it."

"If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation."

"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself."

"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

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"Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs."

"Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself."

"Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off."

"We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work."

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"Bloom where you are planted."

"Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue."

"When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time."

"True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice."

"A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship."