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G K Chesterton: The only way...

G K Chesterton: The only way...

The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before.

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George Eliot: Blows are sarcasms...

George Eliot: Blows are sarcasms...

Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Mark Twain: There is a...

Mark Twain: There is a...

There is a great deal of human nature in people.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: I do then...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: I do then...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: If you would...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: If you would...

If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: It does not...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: It does not...

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem. Every new relationship is a new...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Man is physically...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Man is physically...

Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: New arts destroy...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: New arts destroy...

New arts destroy the old.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Murder in the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Murder in the...

Murder in the murderer is no such ruinous thought as poets and romancers will have it; it does not unsettle him, or...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Preaching is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Preaching is the...

Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Money, which represents...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Money, which represents...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man ever...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man ever...

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Source: In Instant...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Out of Plato...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Out of Plato...

Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated about among men of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature magically suits...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature magically suits...

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

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Henry Ward Beecher: When a man...

Henry Ward Beecher: When a man...

When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Commerce is a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Commerce is a...

Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well.

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George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is...

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George Bernard Shaw: The more things...

George Bernard Shaw: The more things...

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Source: Man &...

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George Bernard Shaw: We are all...

George Bernard Shaw: We are all...

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Source: In The...

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George Bernard Shaw: What a man...

George Bernard Shaw: What a man...

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his...

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