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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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G K Chesterton: Marriage is an...

G K Chesterton: Marriage is an...

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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G K Chesterton: He crams with...

G K Chesterton: He crams with...

He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands
Why, he laughs...

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Elias Canetti: When you write...

Elias Canetti: When you write...

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard...

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Aesop: Men often applaud...

Aesop: Men often applaud...

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Aesop: The unhappy derive...

Aesop: The unhappy derive...

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

Margot Asquith: The ingrained idea...

The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is...

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Robertson Davies: Nothing is so...

Robertson Davies: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Source: Saraceni, in What's Bred in...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Whipping and abuse...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Whipping and abuse...

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities...

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Mark Twain: Man is a...

Mark Twain: Man is a...

Man is a museum of diseases, a home of impurities; he comes today and is gone tomorrow; he begins as dirt and departs...

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Mark Twain: Laughter is the...

Mark Twain: Laughter is the...

Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.

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Mark Twain: It is discouraging...

Mark Twain: It is discouraging...

It is discouraging to try and penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take...

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Mark Twain: Reports of my...

Mark Twain: Reports of my...

Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

Source: Cable to the Associated Press...

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Mark Twain: On with dance,...

Mark Twain: On with dance,...

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to...

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Mark Twain: The cross of...

Mark Twain: The cross of...

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that...

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Mark Twain: Some of his...

Mark Twain: Some of his...

Some of his words were not Sunday-school words.

Source: A Tramp Abroad, Ch....

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Mark Twain: Tell the truth...

Mark Twain: Tell the truth...

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

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: The older we...

Mark Twain: The older we...

The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's...

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Mark Twain: There is a...

Mark Twain: There is a...

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: There are times...

Mark Twain: There are times...

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

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