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Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever...

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George Eliot: Kisses honeyed by...

George Eliot: Kisses honeyed by...

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Source: The Spanish Gypsy, bk. 3, 1868.
-- George...

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George Eliot: He was like...

George Eliot: He was like...

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Source: Adam...

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Men do not...

Men do not...

Men do not suspect faults which they do not commit.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Lawyers know life...

Lawyers know life...

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

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Power is not...

Power is not...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Sir, your wife,...

Sir, your wife,...

Sir, your wife, under pretence of keeping a bawdy-house, is a receiver of stolen goods.

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The happiest part...

The happiest part...

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

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Self-interest is but...

Self-interest is but...

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with...

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Time and space...

Time and space...

Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of the finite creatures.

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DEBT, n. An...

DEBT, n. An...

DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave driver.

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ELECTRICITY, n. The...

ELECTRICITY, n. The...

ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else....

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EXILE, n. One...

EXILE, n. One...

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

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FLAG, n. A...

FLAG, n. A...

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as...

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FOLLY, n. That...

FOLLY, n. That...

FOLLY, n. That gift and faculty divine whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions...

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INFLUENCE, n. In...

INFLUENCE, n. In...

INFLUENCE, n. In politics, a visionary pquo' given in exchange for a substantial pquid'.

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Jews and homosexuals...

Jews and homosexuals...

Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the...

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Please don't ask...

Please don't ask...

Please don't ask me what the score is, I'm not even sure what the game is.

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Saint Augustine: Better to have...

Saint Augustine: Better to have...

Better to have fewer wants than greater riches to supply increasing wants.

Source:...

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Saint Augustine: Hell was made...

Saint Augustine: Hell was made...

Hell was made for the inquisitive.

Source: Confessions
-- Saint Augustine, (Nov...

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