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Christopher Morley: When you sell...

Christopher Morley: When you sell...

When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue you sell him a whole new...

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George Eliot: When one wanted...

George Eliot: When one wanted...

When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest,...

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George Eliot: The presence of...

George Eliot: The presence of...

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to...

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George Eliot: Every woman is...

George Eliot: Every woman is...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

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Edward Dahlberg: Nothing in our...

Edward Dahlberg: Nothing in our...

Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.

Source: Alms for...

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Edward Dahlberg: We are always...

Edward Dahlberg: We are always...

We are always talking about being together, and yet whatever we invent destroys the family, and makes us wild,...

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Charles Dickens: I only ask...

Charles Dickens: I only ask...

I only ask for information.

Source: (Rosa Dartle) David Copperfield, Ch. 20
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Charles Dickens: Accidents will occur...

Charles Dickens: Accidents will occur...

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families.

Source: Mr. Micawber, in David...

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Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a...

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Charles Dickens: There's a Providence...

Charles Dickens: There's a Providence...

'There's a Providence in it all,' said Sam. `O' course there is,' replied his father with a nod of grave approval....

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Charles Dickens: Life is given...

Charles Dickens: Life is given...

Life is given to us on the definite understanding that we boldly defend it to the last.

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George Eliot: Quarrel? Nonsense;...

George Eliot: Quarrel? Nonsense;...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarrelled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being...

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Richard Bach: Listen to what...

Richard Bach: Listen to what...

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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G K Chesterton: A good novel...

G K Chesterton: A good novel...

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its...

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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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Edmund Burke: You cannot plan...

Edmund Burke: You cannot plan...

You cannot plan the future by the past.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Edmund Burke: Never despair, but...

Edmund Burke: Never despair, but...

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Great is the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Great is the...

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

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Thomas Carlyle: The eternal stars...

Thomas Carlyle: The eternal stars...

The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: The end of...

Thomas Carlyle: The end of...

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

Source: In...

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