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Mark Twain: I think a...

Mark Twain: I think a...

I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and...

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Mark Twain: Often, the less...

Mark Twain: Often, the less...

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of...

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Mark Twain: No one has...

Mark Twain: No one has...

No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the...

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Mark Twain: One of life's...

Mark Twain: One of life's...

One of life's most over-valued pleasures is sexual intercourse; of one of life's least appreciated pleasures in...

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John Steinbeck: Man, unlike any...

John Steinbeck: Man, unlike any...

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his...

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Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Salman Rushdie: Doubt, it seems...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

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Evelyn Waugh: Particularly against books...

Evelyn Waugh: Particularly against books...

Particularly against books the Home Secretary is. If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least...

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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: Jobling, there are...

Charles Dickens: Jobling, there are...

Jobling, there are chords in the human mind.

Source: (Guppy) Bleak House, Ch....

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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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