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Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

Marguerite Duras: The thing that's...

The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a...

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Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with...

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Jean Paul: The timid are...

Jean Paul: The timid are...

The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after...

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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: New York is...

P G Wodehouse: New York is...

New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to...

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G K Chesterton: They have given...

G K Chesterton: They have given...

They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords,
Lords without anger and honour, who dare not carry their...

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G K Chesterton: The whole object...

G K Chesterton: The whole object...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a...

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P G Wodehouse: He was white...

P G Wodehouse: He was white...

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

Source: Describing a startled...

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Mark Twain: The man who...

Mark Twain: The man who...

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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Mark Twain: Hain't we got...

Mark Twain: Hain't we got...

Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any...

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Mark Twain: Wit and Humor...

Mark Twain: Wit and Humor...

Wit and Humor -- if any difference, it is in duration -- lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but...

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Mark Twain: Be virtuous and...

Mark Twain: Be virtuous and...

Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.

Source: Motto, in Mental Photographs , 1869;...

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Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Oh gracious, why wasn't I born old and ugly?

Source: (Miss Miggs) Barnaby Rudge,...

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Charles Dickens: Look here. Upon...

Charles Dickens: Look here. Upon...

Look here. Upon my soul you mustn't come into the place saying you want to know, you know.

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Charles Dickens: Professionally he declines...

Charles Dickens: Professionally he declines...

Professionally he declines and falls, and as a friend he drops into poetry.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There an't much credit in...

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Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

The dodgerest of the dodgers.

Source: (Mr Fledgeby) Our Mutual Friend, Bk IV. Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: Orses and dorgs...

Charles Dickens: Orses and dorgs...

'Orses and dorgs is some men's fancy. They're wittles and drink to me.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Some people ....

Charles Dickens: Some people ....

Some people . . . may be Rooshans, and others may be Prooshans; they are born so, and will please themselves. Them...

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Charles Dickens: It is sometimes...

Charles Dickens: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of...

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