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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Friends, such as...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Friends, such as...

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Cities give us...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Cities give us...

Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Commit a crime,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Commit a crime,...

Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.

Source: Essays, Compensation ...

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G K Chesterton: The full value...

G K Chesterton: The full value...

The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted...

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G K Chesterton: The poetry of...

G K Chesterton: The poetry of...

The poetry of art is in beholding the single tower; the poetry of nature in seeing the single tree; the poetry of love...

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G K Chesterton: A man does...

G K Chesterton: A man does...

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Source:...

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G K Chesterton: Truth must necessarily...

G K Chesterton: Truth must necessarily...

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial...

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G K Chesterton: There is a...

G K Chesterton: There is a...

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Time destroys the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Time destroys the...

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Source: In The...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: A theory must...

Jawaharlal Nehru: A theory must...

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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James Madison: What is government...

James Madison: What is government...

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would...

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P G Wodehouse: I just sit...

P G Wodehouse: I just sit...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

Source: In Collier's, 31 Aug 1956;...

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P G Wodehouse: Unlike the male...

P G Wodehouse: Unlike the male...

Unlike the male codfish which, suddenly finding itself the parent of three million five hundred thousand little...

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Charles Dickens: We know, Mr....

Charles Dickens: We know, Mr....

We know, Mr. Weller -- we, who are men of the world -- that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or...

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Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Our backs is easy ris. We must be cracked-up, or they rises, and we snarls. We shows our teeth, I tell you, fierce....

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Charles Dickens: Cows are my...

Charles Dickens: Cows are my...

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by...

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Charles Dickens: Once a gentleman,...

Charles Dickens: Once a gentleman,...

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

Source: (Rigaud) Little Dorrit, Bk. ii....

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Charles Dickens: I'm Gormed -...

Charles Dickens: I'm Gormed -...

I'm Gormed - and I can't say no fairer than that!

Source: (Mr Peggotty) David...

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Charles Dickens: Battledore and shuttlecock's...

Charles Dickens: Battledore and shuttlecock's...

Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which...

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Charles Dickens: Orses and dorgs...

Charles Dickens: Orses and dorgs...

'Orses and dorgs is some men's fancy. They're wittles and drink to me.

Source:...

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