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Italo Calvino: I am prisoner...

Italo Calvino: I am prisoner...

I am prisoner of a gaudy and unlivable present, where all forms of human society have reached an extreme of their...

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Frederick Douglass: Power concedes nothing...

Frederick Douglass: Power concedes nothing...

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will . . .

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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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P D James: Life had taught...

P D James: Life had taught...

Life had taught hm that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven.

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P D James: His sleep was...

P D James: His sleep was...

His sleep was a sensuous gluttony of oblivion.

Source: Death of an Expert Witness,...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The cleverest of...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The cleverest of...

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a...

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Herman Melville: There are some...

Herman Melville: There are some...

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.

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Herman Melville: Give me a...

Herman Melville: Give me a...

Give me a condor's quill! Give me Vesuvius's crater for an ink stand. . . . To produce a mighty book you must choose a...

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Mary Webb: The more anybody...

Mary Webb: The more anybody...

The more anybody wants a thing, the more they do think others want it.

Source:...

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Edward Dahlberg: Herman Melville was...

Edward Dahlberg: Herman Melville was...

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great...

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Edward Dahlberg: No country has...

Edward Dahlberg: No country has...

No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the...

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Alexander Woollcott: At 83 Shaw's...

Alexander Woollcott: At 83 Shaw's...

At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone...

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Orson Scott Card: Your work is...

Orson Scott Card: Your work is...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

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Charles Dickens: What a world...

Charles Dickens: What a world...

What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it!

Source: (Miss Mowcher)...

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Sholem Asch: The sword conquered...

Sholem Asch: The sword conquered...

The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers forever!

Source: In...

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Thomas Wolfe: We are always...

Thomas Wolfe: We are always...

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're...

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Jane Austen: There is nothing...

Jane Austen: There is nothing...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Source: In The Harper Book...

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Edward Dahlberg: The ancients understood...

Edward Dahlberg: The ancients understood...

The ancients understood the regulation of power better than the regulation of liberty.

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Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Henry Fielding: Every physician almost...

Every physician almost hath his favorite disease.

Source: Tom Jones, bk. 2, ch. 9,...

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Laurence Sterne: I take a...

Laurence Sterne: I take a...

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Source:...

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