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Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.
We are all in the gutter. But some of us are looking at the stars.
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Voltaire
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Voltaire
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
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Thomas Haliburton
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
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Jonathan Swift
Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they were always mortal enemies.
Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage; and they were ...
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Mignon McLaughlin
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
Educating a woman is like pouring honey over a fine Swiss watch. It stops working.
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Voltaire
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible new religion.
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, ...
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Erich Maria Remarque
Bez lásky je človek predsa len ako mŕtvola na dovolenke.
Bez lásky je človek predsa len ako mŕtvola na dovolenke.
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Archimedes
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a journey, not a destination.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
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Douglas Noel Adams
There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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Oscar Wilde
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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Arthur C. Clarke
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
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Arthur C. Clarke
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.
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Charles Lindbergh
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it, but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
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Plato
Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools talk because they have to say something.
Wise men talk because they have something to say;
Fools talk because they have to say something.
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Omar Khayyam — Persia
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
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Wang Si-č' — China
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých, až k nim se nakloníš, po staletích a staletích, možná že ucítíš, jak smolnou vůni borovic starého smutku dech: ssaj tiše jej a pokorně a dětem svým též trochu nech!
Tak, čtenáři pozdní veršů mých,
až k nim se nakloníš,
po staletích a staletích,
možná že ucítíš,
jak smolnou vůni borovic
starého ...
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