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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come not, when...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come not, when...

Come not, when I am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex...

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Polly Adler: The only difference...

Polly Adler: The only difference...

The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's...

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Falsely conceived and...

Falsely conceived and...

Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed . . . crooked folklore and halfway opera.

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: How is it...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: How is it...

How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does...

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John Buchan: Civilization is a...

John Buchan: Civilization is a...

Civilization is a conspiracy. . . . Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: All warfare is...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: All warfare is...

All warfare is based on deception.

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

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Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Amos Bronson Alcott: Observation more than...

Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators.

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Mickey Spillane: If the public...

Mickey Spillane: If the public...

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his...

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Source: In Writers at Work,...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: What one man...

Arthur Conan Doyle: What one man...

What one man can invent another can discover.

Source: Sherlock Holmes in 'The...

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Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Lewis Carroll: Alice came to...

Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?', responded the...

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Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

Sholom Aleichem: No matter how...

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Source:...

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Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

Lewis Carroll: If you don't...

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

Source: In...

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Agatha Christie: I like living....

Agatha Christie: I like living....

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I...

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Tom Clancy: The difference between...

Tom Clancy: The difference between...

The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

Source:...

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Italo Calvino: What Romantic terminology...

Italo Calvino: What Romantic terminology...

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road...

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Jane Austen: One cannot have...

Jane Austen: One cannot have...

One cannot have too large a party.

Source: 'Emma'
-- Jane Austen, (Dec 16...

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Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Christopher Lasch: Once women begin...

Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly...

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Christopher Lasch: Nothing succeeds like...

Christopher Lasch: Nothing succeeds like...

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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