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Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow isthe higher achievement.

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George Eliot: For what is...

George Eliot: For what is...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any...

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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: Among all forms...

George Eliot: Among all forms...

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.

Source: Middlemarch,...

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George Eliot: The only failure...

George Eliot: The only failure...

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be...

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George Eliot: There is only...

George Eliot: There is only...

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one...

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George Eliot: Whether happiness may...

George Eliot: Whether happiness may...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

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George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own...

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George Eliot: A toddling little...

George Eliot: A toddling little...

A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The line separating...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The line separating...

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either -- but right through...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Justice is conscience,...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Justice is conscience,...

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly...

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Thomas Wolfe: We are always...

Thomas Wolfe: We are always...

We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're...

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Jane Austen: A man ....

Jane Austen: A man ....

A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter...

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Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Source: Pride & Prejudice/...

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Jane Austen: From politics, it...

Jane Austen: From politics, it...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Jane Austen: One half the...

Jane Austen: One half the...

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: Surprises are foolish...

Jane Austen: Surprises are foolish...

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often...

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James Allen: In all human...

James Allen: In all human...

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the...

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