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#1

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: children, parents

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#2

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: inspirational, oscar-wilde

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#3

“One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: friend, judge

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#4

“To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: popular-medocrity

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#5

“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”
― Stanley Kubrick

tags: education, fear, interest, learning

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#6

“So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

tags: drinking

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#7

“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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#8

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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#9

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”
― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

tags: amorality, correct-way, individuality, my-way, only-way, right-way, the-way, your-way

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#10

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: love, madness

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#11

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage

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#12

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy

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#13

“Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: beatitudes

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#14

“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”
― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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#15

“You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.”
― Steve Martin

tags: cluelessness, humor, sex

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#16

“Be so good they can't ignore you.”
― Steve Martin

tags: hater, haters, life

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#17

“The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.”
― steve martin

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#18

“...throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: life-and-living

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#19

“Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers."

(Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles: la dorure en reste aux mains.)”
― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary

tags: disappointment, disillusionment, gilding, idols, touch

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#20

“A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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#21

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations

tags: writing

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#22

“You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

tags: cockiness, coolness, eloquence, humor, swagger

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#23

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”
― Mark Twain

tags: appreciation, companionship, joy

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#24

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

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#25

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.”
― Mark Twain

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#26

“Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough.”
― Gustave Flaubert

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#27

“Write what you know.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

tags: writing

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#28

“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: enlightenment, freedom, peace

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#29

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: interest

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#30

“Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?”
― Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women

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