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George Eliot: An election is...

George Eliot: An election is...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of...

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George Eliot: The golden moments...

George Eliot: The golden moments...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we...

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George Eliot: An ass may...

George Eliot: An ass may...

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Source: Romola, ch....

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George Eliot: It is, I...

George Eliot: It is, I...

It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, Know thyself, and too often leads to a...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Hastiness and superficiality...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Hastiness and superficiality...

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this...

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Elie Wiesel: There may be...

Elie Wiesel: There may be...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to...

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Richard Bach: Every person, all...

Richard Bach: Every person, all...

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them...

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Richard Bach: Listen to what...

Richard Bach: Listen to what...

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot...

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Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Source: On The Group,, her 1963...

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Edward Dahlberg: Writing is conscience,...

Edward Dahlberg: Writing is conscience,...

Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.

Source: Alms for...

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Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as...

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Edward Dahlberg: Genius, like truth,...

Edward Dahlberg: Genius, like truth,...

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

Source: Alms for Oblivion, ...

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Edward Dahlberg: What has a...

Edward Dahlberg: What has a...

What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or...

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Edward Dahlberg: We cannot live,...

Edward Dahlberg: We cannot live,...

We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be...

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Charles Dickens: Think! I've got...

Charles Dickens: Think! I've got...

Think! I've got enough to do, and little enough to get for it, without thinking.

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Charles Dickens: It came like...

Charles Dickens: It came like...

It came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Although it's a...

Charles Dickens: Although it's a...

Although it's a long time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never...

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Charles Dickens: Not to put...

Charles Dickens: Not to put...

Not to put too fine a point upon it.

Source: (Mr Snagsby) Bleak House, Ch. 11
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Charles Dickens: Tongue; well, that's...

Charles Dickens: Tongue; well, that's...

Tongue; well, that's a wery good thing when it ain't a woman's.

Source: (Mr Weller)...

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