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Henry Ward Beecher: There can be...

Henry Ward Beecher: There can be...

There can be no high civilization where there is not ample leisure.

Source: In...

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Henry Ward Beecher: We sleep, but...

Henry Ward Beecher: We sleep, but...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when...

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G K Chesterton: There is one...

G K Chesterton: There is one...

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the...

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G K Chesterton: Being contented ought...

G K Chesterton: Being contented ought...

Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not...

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G K Chesterton: Buddhism is not...

G K Chesterton: Buddhism is not...

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

Source: Professor de Worms, in The Man Who...

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Annie Dillard: It could be...

Annie Dillard: It could be...

It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of...

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Honore de Balzac: It is as...

Honore de Balzac: It is as...

It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.

Source: In Webster's...

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Marguerite Duras: You have to...

Marguerite Duras: You have to...

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're...

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Charles Dickens: I never see...

Charles Dickens: I never see...

I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced...

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Charles Dickens: If there were...

Charles Dickens: If there were...

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Source: Mr. Brass, in...

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Charles Dickens: At Mr Wackford...

Charles Dickens: At Mr Wackford...

At Mr Wackford Squeers's Academy, Dotheboys Hall . . . Youth are boarded, clothed, booked, furnished with...

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Charles Dickens: There's a Providence...

Charles Dickens: There's a Providence...

'There's a Providence in it all,' said Sam. `O' course there is,' replied his father with a nod of grave approval....

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Charles Dickens: Every baby born...

Charles Dickens: Every baby born...

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

Source: Nicholas...

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Charles Dickens: Mr Weller's knowledge...

Charles Dickens: Mr Weller's knowledge...

Mr Weller's knowledge of London was extensive and peculiar.

Source: Pickwick...

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Jean Paul: In youth one...

Jean Paul: In youth one...

In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.

Source: In...

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James Thurber: There is, of...

James Thurber: There is, of...

There is, of course, a certain amount of drudgery in newspaper work, just as there is in teaching classes, tunneling...

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Christopher Morley: Simplicity of character...

Christopher Morley: Simplicity of character...

Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Hostesses who entertain...

George Eliot: Hostesses who entertain...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than...

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George Eliot: There are many...

George Eliot: There are many...

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Eliot: A woman's heart...

George Eliot: A woman's heart...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness...

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