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Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before.
Choice
Mae West

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You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
Dress
Mae West

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Numbers constitute the only universal language.
Language
Nathanael West

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.
Critics and Criticism
Rebecca West

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But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.
Grief
Rebecca West

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Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.
Arts and Artists
Rebecca West

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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.
Mothers
Rebecca West

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The main difference between men and woman is that men are lunatics and woman are idiots.
Men and Women
Rebecca West

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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Giving
Edith Wharton

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Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
Truth
Richard Whately

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Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
Honesty
Richard Whately

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It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
Neglect
Richard Whately

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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
Argument
Richard Whately

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Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.
Books - Reading
Edwin P. Whipple

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If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
Conversation
James Mcneill Whistler

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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
Communication
Elwyn Brooks White

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Oh, the blues ain't nothing but a good woman feeling bad.
Illness
Georgia White

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Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
Liberty
William Allen White

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Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Action
Alfred North Whitehead

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Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.
Common Sense
Alfred North Whitehead

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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
Youth
Alfred North Whitehead

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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes. Rather the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
Courage
Alfred North Whitehead

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A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Flowers
Walt Whitman

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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Professions and Professionals
Walt Whitman

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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
Time and Time Management
Walt Whitman

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun