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True happiness must...

True happiness must...

True happiness must have the tinge of sorrow outlived, the sense of pain softened by the mellowing years, the...

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Publishing is a...

Publishing is a...

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a...

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Don't overestimate the...

Don't overestimate the...

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

Source:
-- H L Mencken, (Sep...

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All art does...

All art does...

All art does but consist in the removal of surplusage.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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There can be...

There can be...

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

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I always wear...

I always wear...

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

Source: In...

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It's a good...

It's a good...

It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow, He didn't consult a decorator or He would still be picking...

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I must take...

I must take...

I must take issue with the term a mere child, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere...

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My father died<br>many...

My father died
many...

My father died
many years ago,
and yet when something special
happens to me,
I talk to him secretly
not...

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No theater could...

No theater could...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and...

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We tend not...

We tend not...

We tend not to choose the unknown, which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope...

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It isn't true...

It isn't true...

It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.

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Most people aren't...

Most people aren't...

Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves....

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Rosiness is not...

Rosiness is not...

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

Source:...

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Bond smoked like...

Bond smoked like...

Bond smoked like Peter Lorre, drank like Humphrey Bogart, ate like Sydney Greenstreet, used up girls like Errol Flynn...

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Pilgrims who are...

Pilgrims who are...

Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.

Source: On...

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The printed page...

The printed page...

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and...

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Solitude is as...

Solitude is as...

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

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There is nothing...

There is nothing...

There is nothing more demoralizing than sudden, overwhelming disillusionment

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The real rulers...

The real rulers...

The real rulers of England are not so much in the center of a solar system as in a cluster of interlocking circles,...

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