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Quote 3169
Man lives for science as well as bread.by: William JamesShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 3122
I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 3116
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its processby: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 3102
I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.by: Henry JamesShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2974
The world loves a spice of wickednessShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2927
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to itby: John LockeShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2883
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.Showing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2863
To read means to borrow; to create out of one's readings is paying off one's debtsShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2862
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everythingShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2854
The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great thingsShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2832
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.by: Charles LambShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2819
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truthby: Charles LambShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2807
Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the doorby: Charles LambShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2802
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move themShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2799
Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones neverShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2774
The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks backby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2755
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public goodby: Thomas a KempisShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2749
And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.by: Thomas a KempisShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2739
The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing , to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts, not a select partyby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2732
Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself, but with its subjectby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2703
I am fit for nothing but literatureby: John KeatsShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2680
People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen somethingShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2646
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.Showing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2610
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stoneShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2594
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.Showing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2587
In science, we must be interested in things, not in personsShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2554
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign landShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2544
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its authorShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2524
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to knowShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2507
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk aboutby: Anton ChekhovShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2470
No calculations of interest, no schemes of policy can do the work of love, of the spirit of human brotherhood. There can be no peace without but through peace within.Showing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2436
A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledgeShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2371
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the event by; it is good and made by a good workmanShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2328
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about itShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2271
Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheistby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2174
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sightedby: Francis BeaumontShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2142
Less than fifteen percent of the people do any original thinking on any subject . . . The greatest torture in the world for most people is to thinkby: Luther BurbankShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2093
The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mindby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2062
Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himselfShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 2008
He listens well who takes notes.by: Dante AlighieriShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1991
While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may beShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1989
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profitShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1942
The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain forby: Jane AustenShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1932
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in loveby: Jane AustenShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1858
Talk six times with the same single lady and you may get the wedding dress readyShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1781
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusementby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1760
A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelorby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1632
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.by: William MorrisShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1576
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interestby: NapoleonShowing Quotes on interest
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Quote 1568
Men often act knowingly against their interestby: David HumeShowing Quotes on interest
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