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Charles Dickens: Not to put...

Charles Dickens: Not to put...

Not to put too fine a point upon it.

Source: (Mr Snagsby) Bleak House, Ch. 11
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E M Forster: Happiness in the...

E M Forster: Happiness in the...

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true...

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E M Forster: America is rather...

E M Forster: America is rather...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has...

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Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

Evelyn Waugh: It is a...

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of...

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Evelyn Waugh: Punctuality is the...

Evelyn Waugh: Punctuality is the...

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Source: The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, 26 Mar...

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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: The supposed great...

John Fowles: The supposed great...

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

Source: The French...

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Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we...

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Graham Henry Greene: A major character...

Graham Henry Greene: A major character...

A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.

Source: In NY Times,...

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Mark Twain: France has neither...

Mark Twain: France has neither...

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals -- apart from these drawbacks it is a fine...

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Mark Twain: A coin, sleeve...

Mark Twain: A coin, sleeve...

A coin, sleeve button, or a collar button dropped in a bedroom will hide itself and be hard to find. A handkerchief in...

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Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

Mark Twain: A habit cannot...

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: Of the delights...

Mark Twain: Of the delights...

Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his...

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Mark Twain: The principle of...

Mark Twain: The principle of...

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy -- give one and take ten.

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Milan Kundera: Solitude: a sweet...

Milan Kundera: Solitude: a sweet...

Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.

Source: Immortality, pt. 1, ch. 6 (1991).
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Jane Austen: A large income...

Jane Austen: A large income...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Source: In 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: It does not...

Jane Austen: It does not...

It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any...

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