1894 in History
| Births in 1894 | Deaths in 1894 |
| Aldous Huxley | July 26 |
| E. E. Cummings | October 14 |
| James Thurber | December 8 |
| Jean Rostand | October 30 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. | October 7 |
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| Quotes in 1894 |
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If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one. The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms. Man can climb to the highest summits; but he cannot dwell there long.
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I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of earth."
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If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
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Well done is better than well said.
