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\"Truth<\/a>
Truth is beauty, and beauty is truth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

100 golden quotes, best, wise and memorable aphorisms by various famous authors of all times, useful for your motivation, inspiration, meditation and self-growth, chosen for the World of English blog by Carl William Brown<\/a>, a sincere literary avenger.
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Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly.<\/span>
\nDiogenes<\/span><\/p>\n

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. <\/span>
\nArthur Schopenhauer<\/span><\/p>\n

No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

We feel that even if all possible scientific questions be answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.<\/span>
\nLudwig Wittgenstein<\/span><\/p>\n

Universe doesn\u2019t even know that you exist, so relax.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.<\/span>
\nVirginia Woolf<\/span><\/p>\n

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.<\/span>
\nHerodotus<\/span><\/p>\n

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. <\/span>
\nSocrates<\/span><\/p>\n

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.<\/span>
\nLao Tzu<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. <\/span>
\nJames Madison<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. <\/span>
\nBenjamin Franklin<\/span><\/p>\n

The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing. <\/span>
\nSocrates<\/span><\/p>\n

Do your own homework, otherwise you are never going to learn. If someone else does all the work for you, evidently you are not going to develop vital thinking skills and critical writing abilities. <\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn’t there, and finding it.<\/span>
\nOscar Wilde<\/span><\/p>\n

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.<\/span>
\nJudy Garland<\/span><\/p>\n

\"100<\/a>
100 golden quotes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. <\/span>
\nSamuel Beckett<\/span><\/p>\n

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. <\/span>
\nBenjamin Franklin<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. <\/span>
\nConfucius<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back. <\/span>
\nChinese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to imagine death as an affectionate mother who, while holding me to her breast, instead of giving me life, for ever will take it away.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

You have one fucking life, do something about it.<\/span>
\nAnonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.<\/span>
\nGeorge Bernard Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. <\/span>
\nWinston Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n

Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. <\/span>
\nSalvador Dali<\/span><\/p>\n

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open. <\/span>
\nFrank Zappa<\/span><\/p>\n

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. <\/span>
\nF. Scott Fitzgerald<\/span><\/p>\n

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.<\/span>
\nFriedrich Nietzsche<\/span><\/p>\n

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.<\/span>
\nAldous Huxley<\/span><\/p>\n

Common sense is not so common. <\/span>
\nVoltaire<\/span><\/p>\n

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.<\/span>
\nWinston Churchill<\/span><\/p>\n

Religion is only literature, but luckily literature is not only religion.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Curiosity<\/a>
Curiosity has no cure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.<\/span>
\nJules de Gaultier<\/span><\/p>\n

The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it unfriendly. It is simply indifferent.<\/span>
\nRev. John H. Holmes<\/span><\/p>\n

Time is money, life is art and business is war, therefore be prepared to fight!<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.<\/span>
\nOscar Wilde<\/span><\/p>\n

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.<\/span>
\nPlutarch<\/span><\/p>\n

In three words I can sum up everything I\u2019ve learned about life: It goes on.<\/span>
\nRobert Frost<\/span><\/p>\n

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. <\/span>
\nRonald Reagan<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.<\/span>
\nFranklin D. Roosevelt<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no great genius without some touch of madness. <\/span>
\nAristotle<\/span><\/p>\n

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.<\/span>
\nOscar Wilde<\/span><\/p>\n

Beauty is truth and truth is beauty, that is all you need to know to be a perfect stupid.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. <\/span>
\nHenry Ford<\/span><\/p>\n

We must not allow other people\u2019s limited perceptions to define us.<\/span>
\nVirginia Satir<\/span><\/p>\n

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. <\/span>
\nGeorge S. Patton<\/span><\/p>\n

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don\u2019t matter and those who matter don\u2019t mind.<\/span>
\nBernard M. Baruch<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The secret of genius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you tell the truth, you don\u2019t have to remember anything.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.<\/span>
\nRoy H. Williams<\/span><\/p>\n

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. <\/span>
\nStephen Hawkin<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.<\/span>
\nEleanor Roosevelt<\/span><\/p>\n

Language is \u201cthe infinite use of finite means.\u201d <\/span>
\nWilhelm von Humboldt<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.<\/span>
\nEdith Wharton<\/span><\/p>\n

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.<\/span>
\nRobert Frost<\/span><\/p>\n

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.<\/span>
\nMark Twain<\/span><\/p>\n

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.<\/span>
\nBenjamin Franklin<\/span><\/p>\n

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.<\/span>
\nEleanor Roosevelt<\/span><\/p>\n

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.<\/span>
\nPlato<\/span><\/p>\n

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.<\/span>
\nMae West<\/span><\/p>\n

If opportunity doesn\u2019t knock, build a door.<\/span>
\nMilton Berle<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t failed. I\u2019ve just found 10,000 ways that won\u2019t work.<\/span>
\nThomas Edison<\/span><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t make mistakes, you\u2019re not working on hard enough problems.<\/span>
\nFrank Wilczek<\/span><\/p>\n

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.<\/span>
\nDalai Lama<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life\u2019s coming attractions.<\/span>
\nAlbert Einstein<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self control – these three alone lead to power.<\/span>
\nAlfred, Lord Tennyson<\/span><\/p>\n

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.<\/span>
\nLeonardo da Vinci<\/span><\/p>\n

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.<\/span>
\nOprah Winfrey<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Do<\/a>
Do something in your life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.<\/span>
\nFrederick Douglass<\/span><\/p>\n

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.<\/span>
\nMahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/p>\n

Love me when I least deserve it, because that\u2019s when I really need it.<\/span>
\nSwedish Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.<\/span>
\nJ. K. Rowling<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don\u2019t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.<\/span>
\nAlbert Camus<\/span><\/p>\n

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.<\/span>
\nHelen Keller<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.<\/span>
\nBooker T. Washington<\/span><\/p>\n

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.<\/span>
\nSamuel Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.<\/span>
\nAristotle<\/span><\/p>\n

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.<\/span>
\nMahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/p>\n

All art is quite useless and so it is the universe.<\/span>
\nCarl William Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled.<\/span>
\nWu Ting-Fang<\/span><\/p>\n

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.<\/span>
\nAlbert Einstein<\/span><\/p>\n

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.<\/span>
\nMaya Angelou<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.<\/span>
\nConfucius<\/span><\/p>\n

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.<\/span>
\nOscar Wilde<\/span><\/p>\n

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.<\/span>
\nHelen Keller<\/span><\/p>\n

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.<\/span>
\nMartin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.<\/span>
\nBenjamin Franklin<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.<\/span>
\nHenry Ford<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Be<\/a>
Be a man of character<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.<\/span>
\nChinese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n

A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one\u2019s feet.<\/span>
\nLao Tzu<\/span><\/p>\n

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.<\/span>
\nNapoleon Hill<\/span><\/p>\n

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.<\/span>
\nDorothy Parker<\/span><\/p>\n

Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.<\/span>
\nJoe Clark<\/span><\/p>\n

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.<\/span>
\nChinese Proverbs<\/span><\/p>\n

Others can stop you temporarily \u2013 you are the only one who can do it permanently.<\/span>
\nZig Ziglar<\/span><\/p>\n

Believe you can and you\u2019re halfway there.<\/span>
\nTheodore Roosevelt<\/span><\/p>\n

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.<\/span>
\nMartin Luther King, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beauty, without expression, tires.<\/span>
\nRalph Waldo Emerson<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.<\/span>
\nMuhammad Ali<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace begins with a smile.<\/span>
\nMother Teresa<\/span><\/p>\n

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.<\/span>
\nElbert Hubbard<\/span><\/p>\n

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.<\/span>
\nGeorge Bernard Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. <\/span>
\nJimmy Johnson<\/span><\/p>\n

It is never too late to be what you might have been.<\/span>
\nGeorge Eliot<\/span><\/p>\n

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.<\/span>
\nE.E. Cummings<\/span><\/p>\n

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