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George Eliot: Any coward can...

George Eliot: Any coward can...

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of...

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George Eliot: If we use...

George Eliot: If we use...

If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a...

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George Eliot: Solomon's Proverbs, I...

George Eliot: Solomon's Proverbs, I...

Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Their teacher had...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Their teacher had...

Their teacher had advised them not to read Tolstoy novels, because they were very long and would easily confuse the...

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Jane Austen: With men he...

Jane Austen: With men he...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature...

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Charles Dickens: The mistake was...

Charles Dickens: The mistake was...

The mistake was made of putting some of the trouble out of King Charles's head into my...

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Charles Dickens: Oh Sairey, Sairey,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sairey, Sairey,...

Oh Sairey, Sairey, little do we know wot lays afore us!

Source: (Mrs Gamp) Martin...

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Charles Dickens: It's calm and...

Charles Dickens: It's calm and...

It's calm and - what's that word again - critical! - no - classical, that's it - it is calm and...

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Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.

Source: In Webster's...

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Charles Dickens: It opens the...

Charles Dickens: It opens the...

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry...

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Charles Dickens: Wery glad to...

Charles Dickens: Wery glad to...

Wery glad to see you indeed, and hope our acquaintance may be a long 'un, as the gen'l'm'n said to the fi' pun'...

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George Eliot: When we get...

George Eliot: When we get...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and...

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G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

Merrily taking twopenny ale and cheese with a pocket knife;
But these were luxuries not for him who went for the...

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Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a...

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Jane Austen: From this day...

Jane Austen: From this day...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your mother will never see you again if you do not...

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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: 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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Elie Wiesel: Mankind must remember...

Elie Wiesel: Mankind must remember...

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each...

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Richard Bach: Here is the...

Richard Bach: Here is the...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it...

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Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

Madeleine L'Engle: With each book...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, quite apart from...

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