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Abraham Lincoln: I desire to...

Abraham Lincoln: I desire to...

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of...

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Abraham Lincoln: Important principles may...

Abraham Lincoln: Important principles may...

Important principles may and must be flexible.

Source: Speech, 4/11/1865 from his...

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Abraham Lincoln: Let reverence for...

Abraham Lincoln: Let reverence for...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it...

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Oprah Winfrey: I'm a truth...

Oprah Winfrey: I'm a truth...

I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call...

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Abraham Lincoln: With the fearful...

Abraham Lincoln: With the fearful...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

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Abraham Lincoln: If I had...

Abraham Lincoln: If I had...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.

Source:...

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George Eliot: The beginning of...

George Eliot: The beginning of...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our...

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Edward Dahlberg: We are ruled...

Edward Dahlberg: We are ruled...

We are ruled by chance but never have enough patience to accept its despotism.

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Charles Dickens: Change begets change....

Charles Dickens: Change begets change....

Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, ch....

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Charles Dickens: There's light enough...

Charles Dickens: There's light enough...

There's light enough for what I've got to do.

Source: (Bill Sikes) Oliver Twist,...

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Charles Dickens: I've a pretty...

Charles Dickens: I've a pretty...

I've a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind . . . you behave yourself...

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Charles Dickens: There might be...

Charles Dickens: There might be...

There might be some credit in being jolly.

Source: (Mark Tapley) Martin Chuzzlewit,...

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Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips; especially prunes and...

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Charles Dickens: She's a swellin'...

Charles Dickens: She's a swellin'...

She's a swellin' wisibly before my wery eyes.

Source: (Mr Weller) Pickwick Papers,...

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Charles Dickens: It's calm and...

Charles Dickens: It's calm and...

It's calm and - what's that word again - critical! - no - classical, that's it - it is calm and...

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Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.

Source: In Webster's...

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Charles Dickens: It was not...

Charles Dickens: It was not...

It was not a bosom to repose upon, but it was a capital bosom to hang jewels upon.

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Charles Dickens: A loving heart...

Charles Dickens: A loving heart...

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Charles Dickens: There are only...

Charles Dickens: There are only...

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

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Peter De Vries: The difficulty with...

Peter De Vries: The difficulty with...

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality and must live with a...

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