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Henry David Thoreau: In human intercourse...

Henry David Thoreau: In human intercourse...

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is a misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not...

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Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Henry David Thoreau: Be true to...

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: As fire when...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: As fire when...

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: When you have...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: When you have...

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Source: In Webster's...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The wise are...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The wise are...

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: There are more...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: There are more...

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Source: In Webster's...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: In the master...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: In the master...

In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Nancy Astor: From the American...

Nancy Astor: From the American...

From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema...

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Otto von Bismarck: The great questions...

Otto von Bismarck: The great questions...

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions. . . but by iron and...

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Otto von Bismarck: I have seen...

Otto von Bismarck: I have seen...

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

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Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

My definition [of a philosopher] is a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine...

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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: I at least...

George Eliot: I at least...

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that...

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George Eliot: If we had...

George Eliot: If we had...

If we had a keen vision and feeling it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we...

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George Eliot: Education was almost...

George Eliot: Education was almost...

Education was almost always a matter of luck usually ill luck in those distant days.

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E M Forster: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...

E M Forster: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of...

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Charles Dickens: The bearings of...

Charles Dickens: The bearings of...

The bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.

Source: (Bunsby)...

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Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There an't much credit in...

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Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

The dodgerest of the dodgers.

Source: (Mr Fledgeby) Our Mutual Friend, Bk IV. Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: It was a...

Charles Dickens: It was a...

It was a maxim with Foxey - our revered father, gentlemen - 'Always suspect everybody'.

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