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Arthur Conan Doyle: Mediocrity knows nothing...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Mediocrity knows nothing...

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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George Moore: Taking something from...

George Moore: Taking something from...

Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.

Source: In...

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George Moore: Everybody sets out...

George Moore: Everybody sets out...

Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to...

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G K Chesterton: A man can...

G K Chesterton: A man can...

A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.

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G K Chesterton: The word good...

G K Chesterton: The word good...

The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards,...

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G K Chesterton: The worst of...

G K Chesterton: The worst of...

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

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G K Chesterton: But there is...

G K Chesterton: But there is...

But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen
Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal...

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G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

G K Chesterton: Youth is the...

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of...

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G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. . . . Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid...

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Mark Twain: Water, taken in...

Mark Twain: Water, taken in...

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Mark Twain: When one has...

Mark Twain: When one has...

When one has tasted it he knows what the angels eat.

Source: On watermelons; In The...

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Mark Twain: When your friends...

Mark Twain: When your friends...

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting...

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G K Chesterton: Fable is more...

G K Chesterton: Fable is more...

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million...

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G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

G K Chesterton: There is nothing...

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal...

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G K Chesterton: All conservatism is...

G K Chesterton: All conservatism is...

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If...

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G K Chesterton: Once I planned...

G K Chesterton: Once I planned...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and...

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E B White: There's no limit...

E B White: There's no limit...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to...

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

Margot Asquith: If Kitchener was...

If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

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Mark Twain: I would rather...

Mark Twain: I would rather...

I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S. Grant in full military...

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