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Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

—Philip Guedalla

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I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

—Michel de Montaigne

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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

—Voltaire

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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

—William Makepeace Thackeray

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If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

—John Irving

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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

—Rose Kennedy

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The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

—Robert M. Pirsig

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The ocean is a mighty harmonist.

—William Wordsworth

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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

—Walter Scott

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From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

—Guru Nanak

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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

—Albert Einstein

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You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

—Pierre Bonnard

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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

—Samuel Johnson

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When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

—Peter O'Toole

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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

—Plato

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