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Quote by Honore de Balzac

“Necessity is the spur of genius.”

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French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

“Knowledge about yourself binds, weighs, ties you down; there is no freedom to move, and you act and move within the limits of thatknowledge. Learning about yourself is never the same as accumulating knowledge about yourself. Learning is active present and knowledge is the past; if you are learning to accumulate, it ceases to be learning; knowledge is static, more can be added to it or taken away from it, but learning is active, nothing can be added or taken away from it for there is no accumulation at any time.”

Ifs Past Moving Knowledge Learning Taken Limits Active Cease Ties About Yourself Accumulation Static Learning Knowledge Learning About Yourself

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“In the United States, to an unprecedented degree, the individual's social role has come to be determined not by who he is but by what he can accomplish.”

States Individual Social United Roles United States Degrees Accomplish Determined Unprecedented Social Roles

Author:John W. Gardner

“A manager may be tough and practical, squeezing out, while the going is good, the last ounce of profit and dividend . . .”

May Lasts Tough Profit Practicals Managers Dividends Squeezing

Author:Robert Menzies

“The task for us now, if we are to survive, is to build the earth.”

Ifs World Earth Tasks

Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“That there is an evolution of one sort or another is now common ground among scientists. Whether or not that evolution is directed is another question.”

Science Common Evolution Scientist Common Ground

Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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