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William Pitt the Elder: [C]onfidence is a...

William Pitt the Elder: [C]onfidence is a...

[C]onfidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity.

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Robert Walpole: I have lived...

Robert Walpole: I have lived...

I have lived long enough in the world, Sir, . . . to know that the safety of a minister lies in his having the...

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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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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Aim at perfection...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Aim at perfection...

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere,...

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Alexander Hamilton: I never expect...

Alexander Hamilton: I never expect...

I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect men.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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William E Gladstone: Men are apt...

William E Gladstone: Men are apt...

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the...

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Charles W Chesnutt: The workings of...

Charles W Chesnutt: The workings of...

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our...

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Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.

Source: Letter, 3 Jul 1752.
-- Horace...

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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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Edna O'Brien: I'm a tuning...

Edna O'Brien: I'm a tuning...

I'm a tuning fork, tense and twanging all the time.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Leo Tolstoy: Life consists in...

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus...

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Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Life should be embraced like a lover.

Source: In ...As One Mad With Wine, by Elyse...

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Rose Tremain: The Imagination conjures...

Rose Tremain: The Imagination conjures...

The Imagination conjures gifts; what the ungrateful, unsentimental part of the mind has to do is to unwrap them, find...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray...

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George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

George Meredith: Cynicism is intellectual...

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.

Source: Clara...

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Thomas Love Peacock: There are two...

Thomas Love Peacock: There are two...

There are two reasons for drinking; one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to...

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James Agee: In every child...

James Agee: In every child...

In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the...

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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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Judith Guest: He had led...

Judith Guest: He had led...

He had led off being a perfectionist when he discovered that not promptly kept appointments, not a house circumspectly...

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