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Jane Austen: She was nothing...

Jane Austen: She was nothing...

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her...

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Jane Austen: One half the...

Jane Austen: One half the...

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: The little bit...

Jane Austen: The little bit...

The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much...

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Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

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George Eliot: It is possible...

George Eliot: It is possible...

It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the...

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George Eliot: The desire to...

George Eliot: The desire to...

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

Source: Daniel Deronda, bk....

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George Eliot: Life is measured...

George Eliot: Life is measured...

Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the...

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George Eliot: There are glances...

George Eliot: There are glances...

There are glances of hatred that stab, and raise no cry of murder.

Source: Felix...

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G K Chesterton: When it comes...

G K Chesterton: When it comes...

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with...

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G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

The chief assertion of religious morality is that white is a colour. Virtue is not the absence of vices or the...

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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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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Memory is the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Memory is the...

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Source: De Oritare.
-- Marcus...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: It is foolish...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: It is foolish...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: No one is...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: No one is...

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

Source: De Senectute,...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The wise are...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The wise are...

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Let reason govern...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Let reason govern...

Let reason govern desire.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: What one has,...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: What one has,...

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

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John Adams: Liberty can not...

John Adams: Liberty can not...

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

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Andrew Jackson: Heaven will be...

Andrew Jackson: Heaven will be...

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.

Source: In The...

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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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