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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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Madeleine L'Engle: Artistic temperament ....

Madeleine L'Engle: Artistic temperament ....

Artistic temperament . . . sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of...

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Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

The naked intellect is an extraordinary inaccurate instrument.

Source: A Wind in...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

When the bright angel [of creativity] dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Truth is eternal,...

Madeleine L'Engle: Truth is eternal,...

Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.

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Evelyn Waugh: I expect you'll...

Evelyn Waugh: I expect you'll...

I expect you'll be becoming a schoolmaster sir. That's what most of the gentlemen does sir, that gets sent down for...

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Louisa May Alcott: All is fish...

Louisa May Alcott: All is fish...

All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into...

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John Fowles: That is the...

John Fowles: That is the...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between...

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Marquis de Sade: The ultimate triumph...

Marquis de Sade: The ultimate triumph...

The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to...

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Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the...

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Marquis de Sade: The primary and...

Marquis de Sade: The primary and...

The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is...

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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: What loneliness is...

George Eliot: What loneliness is...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 5, ch. 44,...

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George Eliot: How could a...

George Eliot: How could a...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such circumstances? No more than he...

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George Eliot: It's but little...

George Eliot: It's but little...

It's but little good you'll do awatering the last year's crop.

Source: Adam...

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George Eliot: The law and...

George Eliot: The law and...

The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes...

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George Eliot: Our deeds still...

George Eliot: Our deeds still...

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.

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George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

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Jane Austen: The pleasantness of...

Jane Austen: The pleasantness of...

The pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

Source:...

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Elie Wiesel: Mankind must remember...

Elie Wiesel: Mankind must remember...

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each...

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