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George Eliot: An egotist is...

George Eliot: An egotist is...

An egotist is like a cock who thinks the sun has risen to hear him crow.

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Mark Twain: He is useless...

Mark Twain: He is useless...

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

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Mark Twain: He does not...

Mark Twain: He does not...

He does not care for flowers. Calls them rubbish, and cannot tell one from another, and thinks it is superior to feel...

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Mark Twain: Nothing helps scenery...

Mark Twain: Nothing helps scenery...

Nothing helps scenery like ham and eggs.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Salman Rushdie: I used to...

Salman Rushdie: I used to...

I used to say: there is a God-shaped hole in me. For a long time I stressed the absence, the hole. Now I find it is...

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Charles Dickens: If the law...

Charles Dickens: If the law...

'If the law supposes that,' said Mr. Bumble . . . , 'the law is a ass - a idiot.'

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Charles Dickens: It was as...

Charles Dickens: It was as...

It was as true as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them.

Source: Mr. Barkis, in...

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Charles Dickens: That's rather a...

Charles Dickens: That's rather a...

'That's rather a sudden pull up, ain't it, Sammy?' inquired Mr Weller. `Not a bit on it,' said Sam; `she'll vish...

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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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James Thurber: Writers of comedy...

James Thurber: Writers of comedy...

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them,...

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Christopher Morley: If you have...

Christopher Morley: If you have...

If you have to keep reminding yourself of something, perhaps it isn't so.

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George Eliot: Oh may I...

George Eliot: Oh may I...

Oh may I join the choir invisible
Of those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their...

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George Eliot: It's them as...

George Eliot: It's them as...

It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world.

Source: Mrs. Poyser,...

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George Eliot: Animals are such...

George Eliot: Animals are such...

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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G K Chesterton: If an angel...

G K Chesterton: If an angel...

If an angel out of heaven
Brings you other things to drink,
Thank him for his kind attentions,
Go and pour...

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G K Chesterton: An artist will...

G K Chesterton: An artist will...

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

Source: ``The Dagger with...

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Edward Dahlberg: We can only...

Edward Dahlberg: We can only...

We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the...

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Edward Dahlberg: Recognise the cunning...

Edward Dahlberg: Recognise the cunning...

Recognise the cunning man not by the corpses he pays homage to but by the living writers he conspires against with the...

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William Shakespeare: Be not afraid...

William Shakespeare: Be not afraid...

Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon...

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William Shakespeare: One would think...

William Shakespeare: One would think...

One would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.

Source: Twelfth Night, I....

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