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Dean Acheson: The greatest mistake...

Dean Acheson: The greatest mistake...

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

Source: After listening to...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Time is not...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Time is not...

Time is not measured by the passing of years, but by what one does, what one feels and what one...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: It is the...

Jawaharlal Nehru: It is the...

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

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Edward Dahlberg: We are ruled...

Edward Dahlberg: We are ruled...

We are ruled by chance but never have enough patience to accept its despotism.

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Edward Dahlberg: We are a...

Edward Dahlberg: We are a...

We are a most solitary people, and we live, repelled by one another, in the gray, outcast cities of...

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Charles Dickens: Once a gentleman,...

Charles Dickens: Once a gentleman,...

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

Source: (Rigaud) Little Dorrit, Bk. ii....

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Charles Dickens: A Being, erect...

Charles Dickens: A Being, erect...

A Being, erect upon two legs, and bearing all the outward semblance of a man, and not of a...

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Charles Dickens: I revere the...

Charles Dickens: I revere the...

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and...

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Charles Dickens: Ven you're a...

Charles Dickens: Ven you're a...

Ven you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things you don't understand now; but vether it's...

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Charles Dickens: A friendly swarry,...

Charles Dickens: A friendly swarry,...

A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings.

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Charles Dickens: Wery glad to...

Charles Dickens: Wery glad to...

Wery glad to see you indeed, and hope our acquaintance may be a long 'un, as the gen'l'm'n said to the fi' pun'...

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Charles Dickens: Did you ever...

Charles Dickens: Did you ever...

Did you ever taste beer?''I had a sip of it once,' said the small servant. 'Here's a state of things!' cried Mr...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To create a...

Madeleine L'Engle: To create a...

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and...

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George Eliot: It is generally...

George Eliot: It is generally...

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of...

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George Eliot: But the mother's...

George Eliot: But the mother's...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love,...

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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: Perspective, as its...

George Eliot: Perspective, as its...

Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish,...

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George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

George Eliot: Certainly, the mistakes...

Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder...

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George Eliot: With memory set...

George Eliot: With memory set...

With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of...

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George Eliot: The growing good...

George Eliot: The growing good...

The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me...

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