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• Not even for an hour can you bear to be alone, nor can you advantageously apply your leisure time, but you endeavor, a fugitive and wanderer, to escape from yourself, now vainly seeking to banish remorse by wine, and now by sleep; but the gloomy companion presses on you, and pursues you as you fly.

  Horace

  Sleep, Wine, Leisure

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• Cultivate your garden… Do not depend upon teachers to educate you … follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony… In the end, education, like happiness, is individual, and must come to us from life and from ourselves. There is no way; each pilgrim must make his own path. "Happiness," said Chamfort, "is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere.

  Will Durant

  Teacher, Garden, Joy

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• Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Safety, Wish

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• As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.

  Ovid

  Hawks, Dove, Trembling

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.869, Delphi Classics

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• What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.

  Ovid

  Progress

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• What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue, Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?

  John Dryden

  Track, Tears, Dew

  John Dryden (1904*). “John Dryden”

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• Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say are not women truly, then, Styled but the shadows of us men?

  Ben Jonson

  Men, Mistress, Shadow

  'That Women are but Men's Shadows' (1616)

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• Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

  Alexander Pope

  Envy, Shadow, Substance

  Alexander Pope (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)”, p.154, Delphi Classics

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• The face of a woman, whatever be the force or extent of her mind, whatever be the importance of the object she pursues, is always an obstacle or a reason in the story of her life.

  Madame de Stael

  Mind, Stories, Faces

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• Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which a restaurant's reputation is based. The gap in pay is so great that it is becoming increasingly difficult for young cooks to pursue their passion at the rate of pay restaurants are able to afford.

  Thomas Keller

  Passion, Cooking, Gaps

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• No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever way he sees fit, so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else within a workable general law ? i.e. he must accord to others the same right as he enjoys himself.

  Immanuel Kant

  Law, Long, Doe

  Immanuel Kant, H. S. Reiss (1991). “Kant: Political Writings”, p.74, Cambridge University Press

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• I go to work as others rush to see their mistresses, and when I leave, I take back with me to my solitude, or in the midst of the distractions that I pursue, a charming memory that does not in the least resemble the troubled pleasure of lovers.

  Eugene Delacroix

  Memories, Solitude, Mistress

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• Gently resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world; pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self, and leave them there.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Dream, Heart, Self

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• What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from others of roughly equal ability is the degree to which, beginning early in life, they can pursue an arduous practice routine for years and years.

  Daniel Goleman

  Years, Practice, Degrees

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.135, Bantam

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• When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it was a pity that in Venice men did not learn to draw well from the beginning, and that those painters did not pursue a better method in their studies.

  Giorgio Vasari

  Men, Venice, Style

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• Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind; No general object of desire is known, Each has his will, and each pursues his own.

  William Gifford

  Mind, Desire, Shade

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• All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.

  William Stanley Jevons

  Heart, Class, Secrecy

  1882 The State in Relation to Labour, introduction.

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• I believe God has instilled in us a craving, a deep desire to run with Him on a fantastic adventure, yet many of us crawl along in life without even a glimpse of our hidden passion. There has to be a reason for living. There must be a Camelot, a hidden Utopia where we can rest from our personal campaigns. Fantasy opens our eyes to a better place, a shining city we do not yet know. And these stories provide a mental bridge to that city as we pursue horizons we could never distinguish with our physical eyes.

  Bryan Davis

  Running, Believe, Eye

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• I have never on the field of battle sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers. You can be good citizens. Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to be and will be magnanimous.

  Nathan Bedford Forrest

  War, Law, Government

  "Farewell address". May 9, 1865.

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• Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.

  Steve Jobs

  Men, Best Job, Design Work

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.57, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Pursue your dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks.

  Steve Jobs

  Dream, Opportunity, Setback

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• Work hard at work worth doing.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Work, Day Jobs, Labor Day

  Theodore Roosevelt (1967). “Writings”

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• If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time and a few dollars for materials. If, however, I want to produce a motion picture I have to go out and raise a million dollars!

  Orson Welles

  Art, Writing, Want

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• Each day that we live, we're taking in new information, ideas, concepts, experiences, and sensations. We need to consciously stand guard at the doors of our minds to make sure that whatever we're allowing to enter will cause our lives to be enriched, that the experiences we pursue will add to our stockpile of possibility.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Ideas, Doors

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• Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is not realized, at least there will be no regret.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Regret, Goal

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.56, Penguin Books India

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