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Ernest Hemingway: But man is...

Ernest Hemingway: But man is...

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Source: In...

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Frederick Douglass: Man's greatness consists...

Frederick Douglass: Man's greatness consists...

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be...

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Frederick Douglass: Men may not...

Frederick Douglass: Men may not...

Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they must certainly pay for all they...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: You are told...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: You are told...

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the...

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Herman Melville: If I have...

Herman Melville: If I have...

If I have done the hardest possible day's work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably...

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Jack London: I write for...

Jack London: I write for...

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Many a truth sprang from an error.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von...

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Arnold Bennett: The price of...

Arnold Bennett: The price of...

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

Source: Things That Have Interested Me,...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

James Fenimore Cooper: The Americans ....

The Americans . . . are almost ignorant of the art of music, one of the most elevating, innocent and refining of human...

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James Fenimore Cooper: The press, like...

James Fenimore Cooper: The press, like...

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

Source: The...

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J G Ballard: Given that external...

J G Ballard: Given that external...

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the...

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J G Ballard: The technological landscape...

J G Ballard: The technological landscape...

The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates --the inhabitants of marketing...

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Lawrence Durrell: History is an...

Lawrence Durrell: History is an...

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

Source: The Listener,...

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Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

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Louisa May Alcott: Conceit spoils the...

Louisa May Alcott: Conceit spoils the...

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even...

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Marquis de Sade: Are wars. ....

Marquis de Sade: Are wars. ....

Are wars. . . anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is...

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Marquis de Sade: How delightful are...

Marquis de Sade: How delightful are...

How delightful are the pleasures of the imagination! In those delectable moments, the whole world is ours; not a...

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Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its...

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Robert Ludlum: The typewriter is...

Robert Ludlum: The typewriter is...

The typewriter is dusted and pencils are sharpened, doors are closed and heady music is played to drown out the sounds...

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George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of...

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