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Pearl Buck: The secret of...

Pearl Buck: The secret of...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy...

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Annie Dillard: I noticed this...

Annie Dillard: I noticed this...

I noticed this process of waking, and predicted with terrifying logic that one of these years not far away I would be...

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Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that...

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Ralph Ellison: There are few...

Ralph Ellison: There are few...

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

Source: In Famous...

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Honore de Balzac: Vocations which we...

Honore de Balzac: Vocations which we...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our...

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Honore de Balzac: To kill a...

Honore de Balzac: To kill a...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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James Allen: In all human...

James Allen: In all human...

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the...

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Mark Twain: A classic is...

Mark Twain: A classic is...

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

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Mark Twain: An experienced, industrious,...

Mark Twain: An experienced, industrious,...

An experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite picturesque liar.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Barring that natural...

Mark Twain: Barring that natural...

Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest...

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Mark Twain: Both marriage and...

Mark Twain: Both marriage and...

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures...

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Mark Twain: Be good and...

Mark Twain: Be good and...

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Source: Following the Equator, caption for...

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Mark Twain: Do something every...

Mark Twain: Do something every...

Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty...

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Mark Twain: I could have...

Mark Twain: I could have...

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented...

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Mark Twain: I think a...

Mark Twain: I think a...

I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and...

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Mark Twain: I never could...

Mark Twain: I never could...

I never could tell a lie that anybody would doubt, nor a truth that anybody would believe.

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Mark Twain: It is better...

Mark Twain: It is better...

It is better to be a young June Bug than an old Bird of Paradise.

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--...

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Mark Twain: I was born...

Mark Twain: I was born...

I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: Kings is mostly...

Mark Twain: Kings is mostly...

Kings is mostly rapscallions.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US...

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