"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
-Moliere
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"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."
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"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
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"If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble."
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"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them."
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"Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired."
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"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present."
-Babatunde Olatunji
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"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
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"Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages."
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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
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"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are."
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"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
-H. G. Wells
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