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George Eliot: I'm proof against...

George Eliot: I'm proof against...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving...

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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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G K Chesterton: His English education...

G K Chesterton: His English education...

His English education at one of the great public schools had preserved his intellect perfectly and permanently at the...

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G K Chesterton: If an angel...

G K Chesterton: If an angel...

If an angel out of heaven
Brings you other things to drink,
Thank him for his kind attentions,
Go and pour...

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James Thurber: The paths of...

James Thurber: The paths of...

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you...

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George Eliot: Great feelings will...

George Eliot: Great feelings will...

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of...

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George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: But most of...

George Eliot: But most of...

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing...

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George Eliot: Any coward can...

George Eliot: Any coward can...

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of...

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George Eliot: Failure after long...

George Eliot: Failure after long...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a...

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George Eliot: What a wretched...

George Eliot: What a wretched...

What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind --the uglier we get in the eyes of...

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George Eliot: Might, could, would...

George Eliot: Might, could, would...

Might, could, would -- they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Source: Mary Garth, in...

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George Eliot: Animals are such...

George Eliot: Animals are such...

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The salvation of...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The salvation of...

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

Source:...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: For a country...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: For a country...

For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no r?gime has ever loved great...

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Edward Dahlberg: I would rather...

Edward Dahlberg: I would rather...

I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.

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Edward Dahlberg: The machine has...

Edward Dahlberg: The machine has...

The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce...

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Edward Dahlberg: Those who write...

Edward Dahlberg: Those who write...

Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser Iscariots than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the...

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Charles Dickens: Train up a...

Charles Dickens: Train up a...

Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of...

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