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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
Why We Check Quote Attribution Before Anything Goes on a Shirt
One of the most-quoted lines on the internet is attributed to Abraham Lincoln: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." Lincoln never said it. Th...
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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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