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Mark Twain: Morals are an...

Mark Twain: Morals are an...

Morals are an acquirement -- like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis -- no man is born with...

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Mark Twain: Pity is for...

Mark Twain: Pity is for...

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar,...

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Mark Twain: Satan hasn't a...

Mark Twain: Satan hasn't a...

Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employ a million.

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Mark Twain: Tell the truth...

Mark Twain: Tell the truth...

Tell the truth or trump -- but get the trick.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: There are people...

Mark Twain: There are people...

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happinesses to the...

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Mark Twain: The secret source...

Mark Twain: The secret source...

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

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Mark Twain: There are two...

Mark Twain: There are two...

There are two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe -- the sun in the heavens and the Associated...

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G K Chesterton: To be simple...

G K Chesterton: To be simple...

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being...

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G K Chesterton: The world will...

G K Chesterton: The world will...

The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.

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G K Chesterton: New roads: new...

G K Chesterton: New roads: new...

New roads: new ruts.

Source: Attrib.
-- G K Chesterton, (May 29 1874-1936),...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I no more...

I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the...

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Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Margot Asquith: Rich men's houses...

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to...

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G K Chesterton: The noble temptation...

G K Chesterton: The noble temptation...

The noble temptation to see too much in everything.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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G K Chesterton: The mere brute...

G K Chesterton: The mere brute...

The mere brute pleasure of reading --the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

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E B White: Shocking writing is...

E B White: Shocking writing is...

Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and...

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Elizabeth Bowen: All your youth...

Elizabeth Bowen: All your youth...

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful,...

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Honore de Balzac: Manners are the...

Honore de Balzac: Manners are the...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Source: Quoted in: Andr? Gide, Journals 1889...

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Mark Twain: There is nothing...

Mark Twain: There is nothing...

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.

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