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"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on anger
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"What light is to the eyes -- what air is to the lungs -- what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man."

Ingersoll, Robert Green on liberty    Share

"Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler."

Horace on biography
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"As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it."

Horace on adversity
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"What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye."

Horace on eyes
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"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."

Horace on fortune
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"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."

Horace on happiness
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"In the word of no master am I bound to believe."

Horace on independence
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"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."

Horace on life    Share

"Anger is a brief lunacy."

Horace on anger
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"Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you."

Horace on anger
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"No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water."

Horace on poetry and poets    Share

"Believe that each day that shines on you is your last."

Horace on present
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"Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom."

Horace on speakers and speaking
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"Friends show their love in times of trouble..."

Euripides on friends and friendship
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"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

Euripides on friends and friendship
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"No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will."

Euripides on freedom    Share

"Every man is like the company he is wont to keep."

Euripides on environment    Share

"Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly."

Euripides on dress
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"The language of truth is simple."

Euripides on language
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"People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else."

Euripides on appearance    Share

"Cleverness is not wisdom."

Euripides on cleverness    Share

"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore."

Euripides on swearing    Share

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"Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold."

Euripides on character    Share

"The good and the wise lead quiet lives."

Euripides on solitude
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"Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account."

Euripides on attitude
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"We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets -- we remember only."

Miller, Henry on mind    Share

"The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order."

Miller, Henry on life
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"Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets."

Miller, Henry on life
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"One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life."

Miller, Henry on lies and lying
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"The real leader has no need to lead -- he is content to point the way."

Miller, Henry on leadership
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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."

Miller, Henry on america
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"No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance."

Miller, Henry on destiny
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"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music -- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

Miller, Henry on passion
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"I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night settling in and that mushroom which has poisoned the world withering at the roots."

Miller, Henry on america
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"We do not talk -- we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests."

Miller, Henry on conversation
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"Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene -- nine-tenths of it!"

Miller, Henry on vision    Share

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