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Mark Twain: When a man's...

Mark Twain: When a man's...

When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to...

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Charles Dickens: I pass my...

Charles Dickens: I pass my...

I pass my whole life, miss, in turning an immense pecuniary Mangle.

Source: (Mr...

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Charles Dickens: She's the only...

Charles Dickens: She's the only...

She's the only sylph I ever saw, who could stand upon one leg, and play the tambourine on her other knee, like a...

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Charles Dickens: It was a...

Charles Dickens: It was a...

It was a maxim with Foxey - our revered father, gentlemen - 'Always suspect everybody'.

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Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

Old girl,' said Mr. Bagnet, 'give him my opinion. You know it.'

Source: Bleak...

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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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Charles Dickens: All of us...

Charles Dickens: All of us...

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.

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Charles Dickens: They are so...

Charles Dickens: They are so...

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet...

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Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Barkis is willin'.

Source: David Copperfield, Ch. 5
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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Charles Dickens: Cheerfulness and contentment...

Charles Dickens: Cheerfulness and contentment...

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful...

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Salman Rushdie: A book is...

Salman Rushdie: A book is...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in...

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Marquis de Sade: The imagination is...

Marquis de Sade: The imagination is...

The imagination is the spur of delights. . . all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not...

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Mark Twain: Courage is resistance...

Mark Twain: Courage is resistance...

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Don't part with...

Mark Twain: Don't part with...

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to...

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Mark Twain: Training is everything....

Mark Twain: Training is everything....

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college...

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Mark Twain: A classic is...

Mark Twain: A classic is...

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

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Mark Twain: A thoroughly beautiful...

Mark Twain: A thoroughly beautiful...

A thoroughly beautiful woman and a thoroughy homely woman are creations which I love to gaze upon, and which I cannot...

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Mark Twain: Denial ain't just...

Mark Twain: Denial ain't just...

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Mark Twain: Both marriage and...

Mark Twain: Both marriage and...

Both marriage and death ought to be welcome: The one promises happiness, doubtless the other assures...

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Mark Twain: Morals consist of...

Mark Twain: Morals consist of...

Morals consist of political morals, commercial morals, ecclesiastical morals, and morals.

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