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“All the world knows me in my book, and my book in me.” Michel de Montaigne

“All the world knows me in my book, and my book in me.” Michel de Montaigne — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 29, 2019

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Carl W. Buechner

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Carl W. Buechner — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 28, 2019

“It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.” Friedrich Nietzsche — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 27, 2019

“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.” Aristotle

“Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.” Aristotle — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 25, 2019

“Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another.” John Cage

“Combine nursing homes with nursery schools. Bring very old and very young together: they interest one another.” John Cage — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 25, 2019

“Every night, when I go to sleep, I die. Every morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” Mohandas Gandhi

“Every night, when I go to sleep, I die. Every morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” Mohandas Gandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 23, 2019

“The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.” Chinese Proverb

“The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.” Chinese Proverb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 22, 2019

“Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles.” Anne Dillard

“Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles.” Anne Dillard — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 21, 2019

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Ralph Waldo Emerson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 20, 2019

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” Laozi

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” Laozi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 18, 2019

“How do you write woman so well? I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.” Jack Nicholson

“How do you write woman so well? I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.” Jack Nicholson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 18, 2019

“We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.” Henry Ford

“We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.” Henry Ford — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 17, 2019

“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” Agatha Christie

“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” Agatha Christie — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 16, 2019

“No judge must give judgment between two people when he is angry.” The Prophet Mohammad

“No judge must give judgment between two people when he is angry.” The Prophet Mohammad — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 15, 2019

“Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.” George Bernard Shaw

“Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.” George Bernard Shaw — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 14, 2019

“Art is the proper task of life.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Art is the proper task of life.” Friedrich Nietzsche — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 13, 2019

“A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.” Marie Henri Beyle

“A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.” Marie Henri Beyle — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 11, 2019

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 11, 2019

“What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.” Robert Orban

“What bothers me about TV is that it tends to take our minds off our minds.” Robert Orban — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 10, 2019

“Life will not break your heart. It will crush it.” Henry Rollins

“Life will not break your heart. It will crush it.” Henry Rollins — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 9, 2019

“Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.” Charles Schultz

“Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.” Charles Schultz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 8, 2019

“I always thought a dog-lover was a dog who loved another dog.” James Thurber

“I always thought a dog-lover was a dog who loved another dog.” James Thurber — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 7, 2019

“Life is like a box of chocolate, it will melt and expire whether you eat it, ignore it, enjoy it or not.” Budming

“Life is like a box of chocolate, it will melt and expire whether you eat it, ignore it, enjoy it or not.” Budming — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 6, 2019

“A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.” Brendan Francis

“A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.” Brendan Francis — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 4, 2019

“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.” E. B. White

“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.” E. B. White — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 4, 2019

“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” Jack Handey

“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” Jack Handey — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 3, 2019

“My symbol for hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or a thoroughly nasty business office.” Clive Staples Lewis

“My symbol for hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or a thoroughly nasty business office.” Clive Staples Lewis — English Quotes (@english_quotes) July 2, 2019