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Distance has the...

Distance has the...

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Source: In Webster's...

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Nowadays love is...

Nowadays love is...

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of...

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Politics makes strange...

Politics makes strange...

Politics makes strange postmasters.

Source: In

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ARMOR, n. The...

ARMOR, n. The...

ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

Source:...

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BAROMETER, n. An...

BAROMETER, n. An...

BAROMETER, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

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CAVILER, n. A...

CAVILER, n. A...

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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Muhammad Ali: You don't want...

Muhammad Ali: You don't want...

You don't want no pie in the sky when you die,
You want something here on the ground while you're still...

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George Halas: Nothing is work...

George Halas: Nothing is work...

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

Source: In Reader's...

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In life, as...

In life, as...

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

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Nothing splendid was...

Nothing splendid was...

Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the...

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Charles Dickens: As she frequently...

Charles Dickens: As she frequently...

As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years...

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Alex Haley: Nobody can do...

Alex Haley: Nobody can do...

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of...

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J G Ballard: The marriage of...

J G Ballard: The marriage of...

The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous...

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Herman Wouk: Illusion is an...

Herman Wouk: Illusion is an...

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.

Source: War and...

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Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Shirley Hazzard: Sometimes, surely, truth...

Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to...

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Don Delillo: Californians invented the...

Don Delillo: Californians invented the...

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

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Umberto Eco: The real hero...

Umberto Eco: The real hero...

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody...

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Umberto Eco: Nothing gives a...

Umberto Eco: Nothing gives a...

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Source: The Name of...

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Mark Twain: Civilization is a...

Mark Twain: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Damn the subjunctive....

Mark Twain: Damn the subjunctive....

Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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