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James Matthew Barrie: It's a sort...

James Matthew Barrie: It's a sort...

It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it...

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The applause of...

The applause of...

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Source: In Webster's...

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This was a...

This was a...

This was a good enough dinner, to be sure; but it was not a dinner to ask a man to.

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To be idle...

To be idle...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide...

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Turn on the...

Turn on the...

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes,
Observe her labours, sluggard, and be wise.


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Where secrecy or...

Where secrecy or...

Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.

Source:
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We are perpetually...

We are perpetually...

We are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is...

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Your manuscript is...

Your manuscript is...

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is...

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It is easy...

It is easy...

It is easy to talk of sitting at home contented, when others are seeing or making shows. But not to have been where it...

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Marriage has many...

Marriage has many...

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Source: Rasselas, Ch....

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It matters not...

It matters not...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a...

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It seems not...

It seems not...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured,...

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RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A...

RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A...

RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the...

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GENEROUS, adj. Originally...

GENEROUS, adj. Originally...

GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It...

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HANDKERCHIEF, n. A...

HANDKERCHIEF, n. A...

HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble offices about the face and especially...

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Aristotle: A good style...

Aristotle: A good style...

A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must . . . be appropriate.

Source:...

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Aristotle: Ancient laws remain...

Aristotle: Ancient laws remain...

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

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Aristotle: No great genius...

Aristotle: No great genius...

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

Source: From Charles Daney's...

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Aristotle: Even when the...

Aristotle: Even when the...

Even when the laws have been written down, they ought not always remain unchanged.

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Aristotle: The least initial...

Aristotle: The least initial...

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

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