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Mark Twain: My books are...

Mark Twain: My books are...

My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.

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Mark Twain: Soap and education...

Mark Twain: Soap and education...

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long...

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Mark Twain: Truth is stranger...

Mark Twain: Truth is stranger...

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth...

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Mark Twain: Good breeding consists...

Mark Twain: Good breeding consists...

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other...

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Mark Twain: In the first...

Mark Twain: In the first...

In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then He made School Boards.

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Mark Twain: Scientists have odious...

Mark Twain: Scientists have odious...

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of...

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Mark Twain: I have found...

Mark Twain: I have found...

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with...

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G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

Merrily taking twopenny ale and cheese with a pocket knife;
But these were luxuries not for him who went for the...

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G K Chesterton: The human race,...

G K Chesterton: The human race,...

The human race, to which so many of my readers belong.

Source: The Napoleon of...

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G K Chesterton: Lying in bed...

G K Chesterton: Lying in bed...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a coloured pencil long enough to...

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G K Chesterton: Before the Roman...

G K Chesterton: Before the Roman...

Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English...

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George Eliot: It always remains...

George Eliot: It always remains...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against...

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George Eliot: Few women, I...

George Eliot: Few women, I...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake...

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Jane Austen: But Shakespeare one...

Jane Austen: But Shakespeare one...

But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His...

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E M Forster: America is rather...

E M Forster: America is rather...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is...

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Edward Dahlberg: Perhaps Samuel Johnson...

Edward Dahlberg: Perhaps Samuel Johnson...

Perhaps Samuel Johnson was a great man; he was certainly a drumbling one.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: He has gone...

Charles Dickens: He has gone...

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

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

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Charles Dickens: I positively adore...

Charles Dickens: I positively adore...

I positively adore Miss Dombey; - I - I am perfectly sore with loving her.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Rather a tough...

Charles Dickens: Rather a tough...

Rather a tough customer in argeyment, Joe, if anybody was to try and tackle him.

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Charles Dickens: A highly geological...

Charles Dickens: A highly geological...

A highly geological home-made cake.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch. 5
-- Charles...

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