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G K Chesterton: Fools! For I...

G K Chesterton: Fools! For I...

Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet;
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms...

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G K Chesterton: To be clever...

G K Chesterton: To be clever...

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

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S J Perelman: Under a forehead...

S J Perelman: Under a forehead...

Under a forehead roughly comparable to that of Javanese and Piltdown man are visible a pair of tiny pig eyes, lit up...

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E B White: Genius is more...

E B White: Genius is more...

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

Source: Lime,...

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E B White: From three to...

E B White: From three to...

From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be...

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E B White: Whatever else an...

E B White: Whatever else an...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our...

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Mark Twain: Few things are...

Mark Twain: Few things are...

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Man is the...

Mark Twain: Man is the...

Man is the master of the unspoken word, which spoken, is master of him.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Man is the...

Mark Twain: Man is the...

Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mark Twain: Principles have no...

Mark Twain: Principles have no...

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

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-- Mark...

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Mark Twain: There is nothing...

Mark Twain: There is nothing...

There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mark Twain: True irreverence is...

Mark Twain: True irreverence is...

True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.

Source: Following the...

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Mark Twain: There is nothing...

Mark Twain: There is nothing...

There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so.

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-- Mark...

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Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Margot Asquith: Symbols are the...

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

Source: More or Less about Myself,...

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G K Chesterton: One sees great...

G K Chesterton: One sees great...

One sees great things from the valley, only small things from the peak.

Source:...

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G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

G K Chesterton: It isn't that...

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

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G K Chesterton: The strangest whim...

G K Chesterton: The strangest whim...

The strangest whim has seized me
. . . After all
I think I will not hang myself...

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G K Chesterton: And we were...

G K Chesterton: And we were...

And we were angry and poor and happy,
And proud of seeing our names in print.


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