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Charles Dickens: We've got a...

Charles Dickens: We've got a...

We've got a private master comes to teach us at home, but we ain't proud, because ma says it's...

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Charles Dickens: Far better hang...

Charles Dickens: Far better hang...

Far better hang wrong fler than no fler.

Source: (The debilitated cousin) Bleak...

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E M Forster: The only books...

E M Forster: The only books...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our...

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E M Forster: Two cheers for...

E M Forster: Two cheers for...

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

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Marquis de Sade: Humane sentiments are...

Marquis de Sade: Humane sentiments are...

Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying...

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Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

[Catch22] specified that a concern for one's safety . . . was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could...

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George Eliot: But human experience...

George Eliot: But human experience...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current...

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George Eliot: Life is measured...

George Eliot: Life is measured...

Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the...

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Mark Twain: Each person is...

Mark Twain: Each person is...

Each person is born to one possession which out values all his others -- his last breath.

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George Eliot: Necessity does the...

George Eliot: Necessity does the...

Necessity does the work of courage.

Source: Romola, 1863
-- George Eliot, (Nov...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Their teacher had...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Their teacher had...

Their teacher had advised them not to read Tolstoy novels, because they were very long and would easily confuse the...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: When truth is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: When truth is...

When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of it attractiveness.

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Jane Austen: Human nature is...

Jane Austen: Human nature is...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either...

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Richard Bach: The bond that...

Richard Bach: The bond that...

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do...

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Richard Bach: You teach best...

Richard Bach: You teach best...

You teach best what you most need to learn.

Source: x
-- Richard Bach, (Jun 23...

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Peter De Vries: I write when...

Peter De Vries: I write when...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every...

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Christopher Morley: Life is a...

Christopher Morley: Life is a...

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Source: Thunder on the Left,...

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Christopher Morley: Simplicity of character...

Christopher Morley: Simplicity of character...

Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.

Source: In...

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Mark Twain: We are all...

Mark Twain: We are all...

We are all alike, on the inside.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US...

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Mark Twain: When people do...

Mark Twain: When people do...

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects...

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