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Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

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Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Louisa May Alcott: Money is the...

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can...

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John Fowles: An answer is...

John Fowles: An answer is...

An answer is always a form of death.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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John Fowles: In essence the...

John Fowles: In essence the...

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest...

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Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Graham Henry Greene: Of course, before...

Of course, before we know he is a saint, there will have to be miracles.

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Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for...

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Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten...

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Margaret Atwood: The beginning of...

Margaret Atwood: The beginning of...

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not Am I really that oppressed? but Am I really that...

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Richard Bach: The way to...

Richard Bach: The way to...

The way to avoid responsibility is to say, I've got responsibilities.

Source: In...

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Aldous Huxley: To his dog,...

Aldous Huxley: To his dog,...

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

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Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

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Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

Mary McCarthy: People with bad...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

Source: In The...

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Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Anthony Burgess: Americans will listen,...

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which...

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Anthony Burgess: Life is a...

Anthony Burgess: Life is a...

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

Source: On Samuel...

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Charles Dickens: Great men are...

Charles Dickens: Great men are...

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

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Charles Dickens: If you could...

Charles Dickens: If you could...

If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection...

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Charles Dickens: It's over, and...

Charles Dickens: It's over, and...

It's over, and can't be helped, and that's one consolation, as they always say in Turkey, ven they cuts the wrong...

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Charles Dickens: I live on...

Charles Dickens: I live on...

I live on broken wittles - and I sleep on the coals.

Source: (The Waiter) David...

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Charles Dickens: Mrs Jellyby was...

Charles Dickens: Mrs Jellyby was...

Mrs Jellyby was looking far away into Africa.

Source: Bleak House, Ch. 23
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Mark Twain: Grief can take...

Mark Twain: Grief can take...

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it...

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