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James Monroe: Preparation for war...

James Monroe: Preparation for war...

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

Source: On...

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Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev: Whatever else may...

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev: Whatever else may...

Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it...

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G K Chesterton: The true object...

G K Chesterton: The true object...

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

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G K Chesterton: Among the Very...

G K Chesterton: Among the Very...

Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but...

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G K Chesterton: A turkey is...

G K Chesterton: A turkey is...

A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an...

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G K Chesterton: The aim of...

G K Chesterton: The aim of...

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of...

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Jane Austen: Next to being...

Jane Austen: Next to being...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

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Knut Hamsun: In old age...

Knut Hamsun: In old age...

In old age . . . we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have...

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Jean Toomer: One may receive...

Jean Toomer: One may receive...

One may receive the information but miss the teaching.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

Agatha Christie: I didn't want...

I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing...

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G K Chesterton: The perplexity of...

G K Chesterton: The perplexity of...

The perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in...

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Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: Methuselah lived to...

Mark Twain: Methuselah lived to...

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in...

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Charles W Chesnutt: Those that set...

Charles W Chesnutt: Those that set...

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

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Richard Bach: Do you know...

Richard Bach: Do you know...

Do you know what I learned from you? I learned what is possible, and now I must hold out for what I thought we...

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Alexander Pope: All crowd, who...

Alexander Pope: All crowd, who...

All crowd, who foremost shall be damned to fame.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk iii....

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Alexander Pope: Fine by defect...

Alexander Pope: Fine by defect...

Fine by defect and delicately weak.

Source: Moral Essays, Epistle II. 43
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All along the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All along the...

All along the valley, stream that flashest white.

Source: In the Valley of the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I am going...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I am going...

I am going a long way
With these thou seest - if indeed I go
(For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) -
To...

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Oscar Wilde: Man is a...

Oscar Wilde: Man is a...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of...

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