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Jane Austen: How can you...

Jane Austen: How can you...

How can you contrive to write so even?

Source: (Miss Bingley) Pride and Prejudice,...

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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: One of Edward's...

Jane Austen: One of Edward's...

One of Edward's Mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy and therefore not...

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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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Elie Wiesel: There is a...

Elie Wiesel: There is a...

There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages...

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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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Jean Paul: Brevity is the...

Jean Paul: Brevity is the...

Brevity is the body and soul of wit.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Jean Paul: No author can...

Jean Paul: No author can...

No author can be as moral as his work and no preacher as pious as his sermons.

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P G Wodehouse: Memories are like...

P G Wodehouse: Memories are like...

Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them.

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P G Wodehouse: She fitted into...

P G Wodehouse: She fitted into...

She fitted into my biggest armchair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing armchairs...

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Richard Bach: There are no...

Richard Bach: There are no...

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn...

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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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Mary McCarthy: It has to...

Mary McCarthy: It has to...

It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of...

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Charles Dickens: Bring in the...

Charles Dickens: Bring in the...

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

Source: The...

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Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Mr. and Mrs. Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the...

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Charles Dickens: There's milestones on...

Charles Dickens: There's milestones on...

There's milestones on the Dover Road!

Source: (Mr F.'s Aunt) Little Dorrit, Bk i....

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Charles Dickens: Can I unmoved...

Charles Dickens: Can I unmoved...

Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring frog!


Source: (Mrs Leo...

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Charles Dickens: Minerva House was...

Charles Dickens: Minerva House was...

Minerva House was 'a finishing establishment for young ladies,' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to...

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Charles Dickens: I revere the...

Charles Dickens: I revere the...

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a...

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