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Richard Bach: You don't tell...

Richard Bach: You don't tell...

You don't tell the quality of a master by the size of his crowds.

Source: In...

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Aldous Huxley: There is no...

Aldous Huxley: There is no...

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.

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Charles Dickens: Industry is the...

Charles Dickens: Industry is the...

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

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--...

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Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Charles Dickens: Oh gracious, why...

Oh gracious, why wasn't I born old and ugly?

Source: (Miss Miggs) Barnaby Rudge,...

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Charles Dickens: My life is...

Charles Dickens: My life is...

My life is one demd horrid grind!

Source: (Mr Mantalini) Nicholas Nickleby, Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: What is peace?...

Charles Dickens: What is peace?...

What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene,...

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Charles Dickens: The mistake was...

Charles Dickens: The mistake was...

The mistake was made of putting some of the trouble out of King Charles's head into my...

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Charles Dickens: Wich is your...

Charles Dickens: Wich is your...

Wich is your partickler wanity? Wich wanity do you like the flavour on best, sir?

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Charles Dickens: He had but...

Charles Dickens: He had but...

He had but one eye and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two.

Source: (Mr...

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Charles Dickens: Something will come...

Charles Dickens: Something will come...

Something will come of this. I hope it mayn't be human gore.

Source: (Simon...

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Milan Kundera: The serial number...

Milan Kundera: The serial number...

The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It...

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Anatole France: Irony is the...

Anatole France: Irony is the...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

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-- Anatole...

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Anatole France: I prefer the...

Anatole France: I prefer the...

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Source: In My...

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Aesop: We should look...

Aesop: We should look...

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Source: In The...

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Aesop: Little by little...

Aesop: Little by little...

Little by little does the trick.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Robertson Davies: There are times...

Robertson Davies: There are times...

There are times when I think that the reading that I have done in the past has had no effect except to cloud my mind...

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Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just have hope or starve to death.

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Elizabeth Bowen: No object is...

Elizabeth Bowen: No object is...

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

Source: The House in Paris,...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Meeting people unlike...

Elizabeth Bowen: Meeting people unlike...

Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one's outlook; it only confirms one's idea that one is...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Let's face it...

Elizabeth Bowen: Let's face it...

Let's face it -- who ever is adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at...

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