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P G Wodehouse: Success comes to...

P G Wodehouse: Success comes to...

Success comes to a writer, as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and...

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Jean Paul: No rest is...

Jean Paul: No rest is...

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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James Thurber: Why do you...

James Thurber: Why do you...

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

Source: Attrib. Actually...

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Jane Austen: A person who...

Jane Austen: A person who...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Source: Miss...

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Jane Austen: It may be...

Jane Austen: It may be...

It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many...

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Jane Austen: In nine cases...

Jane Austen: In nine cases...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

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Jane Austen: With men he...

Jane Austen: With men he...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature...

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Jane Austen: The post-office had...

Jane Austen: The post-office had...

The post-office had a great charm at one period of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think...

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Douglas Adams: To give real...

Douglas Adams: To give real...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and...

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Douglas Adams: I may not...

Douglas Adams: I may not...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to...

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James Allen: To begin to...

James Allen: To begin to...

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the...

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EXISTENCE, n. A...

EXISTENCE, n. A...

EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream,
Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem:
From which...

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My dear friend,...

My dear friend,...

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant . . . You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society: but...

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No degree of...

No degree of...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly...

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No place affords...

No place affords...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a library.

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The natural flights...

The natural flights...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to...

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The trade of...

The trade of...

The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any...

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The liberty of...

The liberty of...

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find...

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The greatest part...

The greatest part...

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to...

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There is a...

There is a...

There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception...

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