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G K Chesterton: The men that...

G K Chesterton: The men that...

The men that worked for England
They have their graves at home.


Source: Elegy in...

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G K Chesterton: The word 'orthodoxy'...

G K Chesterton: The word 'orthodoxy'...

The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being...

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G K Chesterton: Charity is the...

G K Chesterton: Charity is the...

Charity is the power of defending that which we know to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being cheerful in...

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G K Chesterton: One may understand...

G K Chesterton: One may understand...

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

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E B White: I have occasionally...

E B White: I have occasionally...

I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give a...

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George Eliot: If you could...

George Eliot: If you could...

If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner.

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George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 1, ch. 10,...

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George Eliot: Most of us...

George Eliot: Most of us...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach...

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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: Of a truth,...

George Eliot: Of a truth,...

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may...

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George Eliot: You may try...

George Eliot: You may try...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's form of genius in you, and to suffer the slavery of...

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George Eliot: Every woman is...

George Eliot: Every woman is...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

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James Thurber: There are two...

James Thurber: There are two...

There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

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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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Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

She's been thinking of the old 'un!

Source: (Mr Peggotty of Mrs Gummidge) David...

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Charles Dickens: Here's richness!...

Charles Dickens: Here's richness!...

Here's richness!

Source: (Mr Squeers) Nicholas Nickleby, Ch.5
-- Charles...

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Charles Dickens: There are strings...

Charles Dickens: There are strings...

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

Source: Mr....

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Charles Dickens: Language was not...

Charles Dickens: Language was not...

Language was not powerful enough to describe the infant phenomenon.

Source:...

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George Eliot: Keep true, never...

George Eliot: Keep true, never...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to...

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George Eliot: There are men...

George Eliot: There are men...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

Source: Romola,...

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