"No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."

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Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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George Orwell, British Author

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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."

"No truly great person ever thought themselves so."

"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."

"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."

"When you confidently defend fiction, think about reality also."

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"Knowledge is intellectual art."

"When you take action-think.When you fail-think.When you are in doubt-think.When you have lost your way-think.You are nothing but your thoughts."

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