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Madeleine L'Engle: She seems to...

Madeleine L'Engle: She seems to...

She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

Lois McMaster Bujold: All virtues come...

All virtues come down to courage, at the sharp end of the sword. But courage must be tempered by prudence. Courage...

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Aldous Huxley: The secret of...

Aldous Huxley: The secret of...

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your...

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Charles Dickens: Father Time is...

Charles Dickens: Father Time is...

Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly...

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Jack Kerouac: We're really all...

Jack Kerouac: We're really all...

We're really all of us bottomly broke. I haven't had time to work in weeks.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: O Mrs Higden,...

Charles Dickens: O Mrs Higden,...

O Mrs Higden, Mrs Higden, you was a woman and a mother, and a mangler in a million...

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Charles Dickens: Minds, like bodies,...

Charles Dickens: Minds, like bodies,...

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

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Charles Dickens: A day wasted...

Charles Dickens: A day wasted...

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Charles Dickens: Fan the sinking...

Charles Dickens: Fan the sinking...

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

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Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Here's the rule for bargains: Do other men, for they would do you. That's the true business...

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Charles Dickens: I do not...

Charles Dickens: I do not...

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.

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Mark Twain: Wit is the...

Mark Twain: Wit is the...

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their marriage were not perceived to have any...

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Jane Austen: A man ....

Jane Austen: A man ....

A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter...

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Jane Austen: It is very...

Jane Austen: It is very...

It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

Source: 'Emma' [Cf....

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Jane Austen: If there is...

Jane Austen: If there is...

If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are sure to get out of it.

Source:...

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Madeleine L'Engle: The great thing...

Madeleine L'Engle: The great thing...

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

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Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, quite apart from...

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George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

Ignorance. . . is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with...

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Mark Twain: A man never...

Mark Twain: A man never...

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.

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Mark Twain: All the modern...

Mark Twain: All the modern...

All the modern inconveniences.

Source: Life on the Mississippi.
-- Mark Twain,...

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