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Stanley Baldwin: The intelligent are...

Stanley Baldwin: The intelligent are...

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

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Herbert Henry Asquith: One to mislead...

Herbert Henry Asquith: One to mislead...

One to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead...

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Robert Walpole: I took the...

Robert Walpole: I took the...

I took the right sow by the ear.

Source: Commenting on his perception that, to...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Be wiser than...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Be wiser than...

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Source: Letter to...

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Winston Churchill: I cannot forecast...

Winston Churchill: I cannot forecast...

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; but perhaps there...

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Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Benjamin Disraeli: Every production of...

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Source: In My...

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Edward Everett: If this boy...

Edward Everett: If this boy...

If this boy passes the examinations he will be admitted; and if the while students choose to withdraw, all the income...

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Mark Twain: What a wee...

Mark Twain: What a wee...

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and known to...

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Horace Walpole: It was easier...

Horace Walpole: It was easier...

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

Source: Letter to Sir...

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Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

Source: On Life, 1887.
-- Leo...

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Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for...

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Carlos Fuentes: What the United...

Carlos Fuentes: What the United...

What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand...

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Carlos Fuentes: By its very...

Carlos Fuentes: By its very...

By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last...

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Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

[I] prefer the large intention of an unskillful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other...

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James Agee: When he ran...

James Agee: When he ran...

When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to...

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Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

I can't see anythin, ter be glad about -- gettin, a pair of crutches when you wanted a doll! . . .
Goosey! Why,...

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Barbara Cartland: As long as...

Barbara Cartland: As long as...

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

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Daisy Ashford: My life will...

Daisy Ashford: My life will...

My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.

Source: The Young Visiters,...

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Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in...

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Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

Emmuska Orczy: It is only...

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water,...

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