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Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.
Marcus Aurelius
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.
Mary Shelley
I dwell in Possibility—
Emily Dickinson
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau
The Quoteiac Journal
The Soul Becomes Dyed: What Marcus Aurelius and Thoreau Actually Said
Earlier this week, on an episode of The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett, Ivanka Trump paraphrased two lines that stopped us mid-listen. Not because of who said them on the podcast — because of ...
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What Makes a Quote Worth Wearing
There are a lot of quotes in the world. A staggering number of them are on merchandise. Most of them don't belong there. That's not a snob take. It's a practical one. A quote printed on a shirt o...
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"Be the Change" — The Most Famous Quote Gandhi Probably Never Said
One of the most shared quotes on the internet doesn't appear anywhere in Gandhi's collected works. At least, not in the form everyone knows. "Be the change you wish to see in the world." You've se...
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