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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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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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Aristotle: At his best,...

Aristotle: At his best,...

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: When the eyes...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: When the eyes...

When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the...

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Francis Bacon: Therefore if a...

Francis Bacon: Therefore if a...

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: I want to...

Martin Luther King, Jr: I want to...

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

Source: In New York...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: It is incontestable...

Martin Luther King, Jr: It is incontestable...

It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: No, no, we...

Martin Luther King, Jr: No, no, we...

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The surest poison...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The surest poison...

The surest poison is time.

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

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Anthony J D'Angelo: Your mind is...

Anthony J D'Angelo: Your mind is...

Your mind is like a parachute. It only works if it is open.

Source: The College...

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Saint Augustine: He that is...

Saint Augustine: He that is...

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a...

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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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