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George Eliot: There is hardly...

George Eliot: There is hardly...

There is hardly any mental misery worse than that of having our own serious phrases, our own rooted beliefs,...

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George Eliot: Education was almost...

George Eliot: Education was almost...

Education was almost always a matter of luck usually ill luck in those distant days.

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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 is a...

Charles Dickens: There is a...

There is a dread disease which so prepares its victim, as it were, for death . . . a disease in which death and life...

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Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a...

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Charles Dickens: Miss Bolo rose...

Charles Dickens: Miss Bolo rose...

Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated, and went straight home, in a flood of tears and a Sedan...

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Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Eccentricities of genius.

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 30
-- Charles Dickens,...

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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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Charles Dickens: O Mrs Higden,...

Charles Dickens: O Mrs Higden,...

O Mrs Higden, Mrs Higden, you was a woman and a mother, and a mangler in a million...

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John Steinbeck: The writer must...

John Steinbeck: The writer must...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this...

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George Eliot: We hand folks...

George Eliot: We hand folks...

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

Source: Adam Bede, ch....

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George Eliot: Those who trust...

George Eliot: Those who trust...

Those who trust us educate us.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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George Eliot: Would not love...

George Eliot: Would not love...

Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?

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George Eliot: Best friend, my...

George Eliot: Best friend, my...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Source: The Spanish Gypsy, bk. 3,...

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G K Chesterton: I've searched all...

G K Chesterton: I've searched all...

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.

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G K Chesterton: Democracy means government...

G K Chesterton: Democracy means government...

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly...

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G K Chesterton: The mere brute...

G K Chesterton: The mere brute...

The mere brute pleasure of reading --the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

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G K Chesterton: Every politician is...

G K Chesterton: Every politician is...

Every politician is emphatically a promising politician.

Source: The Secret of...

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Winston Churchill: I don't see...

Winston Churchill: I don't see...

I don't see why not, young man. You look reasonably fit to me.

Source: When asked...

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Abraham Lincoln: Nearly all men...

Abraham Lincoln: Nearly all men...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him...

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