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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: Language was not...

Charles Dickens: Language was not...

Language was not powerful enough to describe the infant phenomenon.

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Charles Dickens: There's a young...

Charles Dickens: There's a young...

There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the words I...

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Peter De Vries: Or look at...

Peter De Vries: Or look at...

Or look at it this way.
Psychoanalysis is a permanent fad.


Source: Forever...

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P G Wodehouse: Never put anything...

P G Wodehouse: Never put anything...

Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache.

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P G Wodehouse: He spoke with...

P G Wodehouse: He spoke with...

He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from...

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James Thurber: He knows all...

James Thurber: He knows all...

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.

Source: In Webster's...

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Christopher Morley: High heels were...

Christopher Morley: High heels were...

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

Source: In...

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Christopher Morley: People like to...

Christopher Morley: People like to...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster,...

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Graham Henry Greene: Cynicism is cheap...

Graham Henry Greene: Cynicism is cheap...

Cynicism is cheap -- you can buy it at any Monoprix store -- it's built into all poor-quality...

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E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

E M Forster: Beauty ought to...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look...

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Evelyn Waugh: Enclosing every thin...

Evelyn Waugh: Enclosing every thin...

Enclosing every thin man, there's a fat man demanding elbow-room.

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Marquis de Sade: Never lose sight...

Marquis de Sade: Never lose sight...

Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it...

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Marquis de Sade: The ultimate triumph...

Marquis de Sade: The ultimate triumph...

The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to...

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Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

Marquis de Sade: They declaim against...

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its...

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Graham Henry Greene: Catholics and Communists...

Graham Henry Greene: Catholics and Communists...

Catholics and Communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established...

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Graham Henry Greene: Media is a...

Graham Henry Greene: Media is a...

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism.

Source: Ways of Escape.
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Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

Lois McMaster Bujold: The will to...

The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.

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PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly...

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RENOWN, n. A...

RENOWN, n. A...

RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more supportable than the one and a little...

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