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George Eliot: Genius at first...

George Eliot: Genius at first...

Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Jane Austen: One of Edward's...

Jane Austen: One of Edward's...

One of Edward's Mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy and therefore not...

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Jane Austen: She was a...

Jane Austen: She was a...

She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.

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Jane Austen: There is safety...

Jane Austen: There is safety...

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

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Richard Bach: That she won...

Richard Bach: That she won...

That she won the game startled me cold. The way she won, the pattern of her thought on the chessboard, charmed me warm...

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Richard Bach: That's what learning...

Richard Bach: That's what learning...

That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it...

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G K Chesterton: The only words...

G K Chesterton: The only words...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell,...

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G K Chesterton: With monstrous head...

G K Chesterton: With monstrous head...

With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all...

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G K Chesterton: Tradition means giving...

G K Chesterton: Tradition means giving...

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes --our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. ...

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G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

The chief assertion of religious morality is that white is a colour. Virtue is not the absence of vices or the...

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G K Chesterton: A stiff apology...

G K Chesterton: A stiff apology...

A stiff apology is a second insult. . . . The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been...

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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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James Thurber: Boys are beyond...

James Thurber: Boys are beyond...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90...

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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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