"Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word."

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“The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.”

“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.”

“It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.”

“Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.”

“Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.”

“A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.”

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— Richard Wright

Literature1943–2008

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— Jonathan Miller

Entertainment1934–2019

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— Freeman Dyson

Science1923–2020

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— Richard Matheson

Literature1926–2013

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