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Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Grief never mended no broken bones, and as good people's wery scarce, what I says is, make the most on...

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Charles Dickens: I have known...

Charles Dickens: I have known...

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that...

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Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

Mark Twain: An Englishman is...

An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things...

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Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: Truth is the...

Mark Twain: Truth is the...

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Source: Following...

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Mark Twain: By hard, honest...

Mark Twain: By hard, honest...

By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three...

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E M Forster: Those who prepared...

E M Forster: Those who prepared...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of...

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Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to...

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Jean Paul: Only action gives...

Jean Paul: Only action gives...

Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.

Source: In The...

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Jean Paul: No one is...

Jean Paul: No one is...

No one is more profoundly sad as one who laughs too much.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings...

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P G Wodehouse: If I had...

P G Wodehouse: If I had...

If I had had to choose between him and a cockroach as a companion for a walking-tour, the cockroach would have had it...

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Christopher Morley: God made man...

Christopher Morley: God made man...

God made man merely to hear some praise
Of what he'd done on those Five Days.


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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.

Source:...

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Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

Mary McCarthy: I suppose everyone...

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think,...

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Charles Dickens: What a world...

Charles Dickens: What a world...

What a world of gammon and spinnage it is, though, ain't it!

Source: (Miss Mowcher)...

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Charles Dickens: A literary man...

Charles Dickens: A literary man...

A literary man - with a wooden leg.

Source: (Mr Boffin on Silas Wegg) Our Mutual...

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Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

He's tough, ma'am, tough, is J. B. Tough and devilish sly!

Source: (Major Bagstock)...

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Charles Dickens: When he has...

Charles Dickens: When he has...

When he has learnt that bottinney means a knowledge of plants, he goes and knows 'em. That's our system, Nickleby;...

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Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Oh Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi!

Source: (Mr Weller) Pickwick Papers,...

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