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Madeleine L'Engle: I love my...

Madeleine L'Engle: I love my...

I love my mother, not as a prisoner of atherosclerosis, but as a person; and I must love her enough to accept her as...

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Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

Louisa May Alcott: People want to...

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

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Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

Thomas Wolfe: If a man...

If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly...

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Thomas Wolfe: The reason a...

Thomas Wolfe: The reason a...

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember...

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Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Jane Austen: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an...

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Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

Douglas Adams: A common mistake...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the...

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James Allen: Man is made...

James Allen: Man is made...

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the...

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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: Idleness is many...

Jean Paul: Idleness is many...

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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P G Wodehouse: If I had...

P G Wodehouse: If I had...

If I had had to choose between him and a cockroach as a companion for a walking-tour, the cockroach would have had it...

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Aldous Huxley: The finest works...

Aldous Huxley: The finest works...

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only...

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Anthony Burgess: Laugh and the...

Anthony Burgess: Laugh and the...

Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.

Source: Inside Mr....

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Charles Dickens: Industry is the...

Charles Dickens: Industry is the...

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

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Mark Twain: Often, the less...

Mark Twain: Often, the less...

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of...

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Mark Twain: That's what an...

Mark Twain: That's what an...

That's what an army is -- a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Action itself, so...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Action itself, so...

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

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John Adams: You will never...

John Adams: You will never...

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.

Source: In Shorter Bartlett's...

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Andrew Jackson: Americans are not...

Andrew Jackson: Americans are not...

Americans are not a perfect people, but we are called to a perfect mission.

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Abraham Lincoln: If this is...

Abraham Lincoln: If this is...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Can there be...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Can there be...

Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them...

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