"I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."

Benchley, Robert on knowledge   

"Knowledge is power."

Bacon, Francis on knowledge
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"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up."

Frost, Robert on reason
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"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep."

Frost, Robert on death
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"I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way."

Frost, Robert on hell
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"And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope."

Frost, Robert on failure
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"Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows."

Grayson, David on goodness   

"Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer."

Wilde, Oscar on dream
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"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."

Wilde, Oscar on america
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"On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time."

Orwell, George on goodness
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"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."

Wilde, Oscar on excellence
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"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

Wilde, Oscar on happiness
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