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Proverbs, and Sayings
Anais Nin Quote
 | “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ―Anais Nin Source/Notes: Attributed. In 2013, Elizabeth Appell claimed she had written the poem in 1979: http://anaisninblog.skybluepress.com/2013/03/who-wrote-risk-is-the-mystery-solved/ |
 | “If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.” ―Bertrand Russell Source/Notes: As quoted in Think, Vol. 27 (1961), p. 32 |
 | Source/Notes: The Seasons (1726-1730) |
 | “It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.” ―Robert Green Ingersoll Source/Notes: The works of Robert G. Ingersoll (1978 edition), Library of Alexandria - ISBN: 9781465521330 |
 | “Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.” ―Alfred Hitchcock Source/Notes: As quoted in: Hitchcock (1967) by François Truffaut |
 | “Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions.” ―William O. Douglas Source/Notes: Dissenting, United States v. Wunderlich, 342 U.S. 98, 101 (1951). |
Anais Nin
Born: February 21, 1903
Died: January 14, 1977 (aged 73)
Nationality: French
Occupation: Author
Bio: Anaïs Nin was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories. A great deal of her work, including Delta of Venus and Little Birds, was published posthumously.
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