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George Eliot: Blessed is the...

George Eliot: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

Am in Birmingham. Where ought I to be?

Source: Telegram to his wife during a...

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G K Chesterton: God made the...

G K Chesterton: God made the...

God made the wicked Grocer
For a mystery and a sign,
That men might shun the awful shop
And go to inns to...

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G K Chesterton: Tea, although an...

G K Chesterton: Tea, although an...

Tea, although an Oriental,
Is a gentleman at least;
Cocoa is a cad and coward,
Cocoa is a vulgar...

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G K Chesterton: They haven't got...

G K Chesterton: They haven't got...

They haven't got no noses
The fallen sons of Eve;
Even the smell of roses
Is not what they supposes;
But...

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G K Chesterton: People accuse journalism...

G K Chesterton: People accuse journalism...

People accuse journalism of being too personal; but to me it has always seemed far too impersonal. It is charged with...

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G K Chesterton: And Noah he...

G K Chesterton: And Noah he...

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,
`I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get...

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George Eliot: Life is too...

George Eliot: Life is too...

Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The sole substitute...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The sole substitute...

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and...

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Jane Austen: From this day...

Jane Austen: From this day...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your mother will never see you again if you do not...

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Jane Austen: It is happy...

Jane Austen: It is happy...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing...

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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: There is no...

Christopher Morley: There is no...

There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the...

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Christopher Morley: There are three...

Christopher Morley: There are three...

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning.

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Mark Twain: The fact that...

Mark Twain: The fact that...

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that...

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Mark Twain: France has neither...

Mark Twain: France has neither...

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals -- apart from these drawbacks it is a fine...

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Mark Twain: I can understand...

Mark Twain: I can understand...

I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an...

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Mark Twain: Let us endeavor...

Mark Twain: Let us endeavor...

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

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Mark Twain: Principles aren't of...

Mark Twain: Principles aren't of...

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them...

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Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist has...

Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist has...

Oliver Twist has asked for more!

Source: (Bumble) Oliver Twist, Ch. 2
-- Charles...

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