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Mark Twain: Necessity is the...

Mark Twain: Necessity is the...

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: One may make...

Mark Twain: One may make...

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.

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Mark Twain: The man who...

Mark Twain: The man who...

The man who is ostentatious of his modesty is twin to the statue that wears a fig-leaf.

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Charles Dickens: The men who...

Charles Dickens: The men who...

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

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Charles Dickens: Keep out of...

Charles Dickens: Keep out of...

Keep out of Chancery. It's being ground to bits in a slow mill; it's being roasted at a slow fire; it's being stung to...

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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.

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual...

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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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Charles Dickens: Keep up appearances...

Charles Dickens: Keep up appearances...

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

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-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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James Thurber: A pinch of...

James Thurber: A pinch of...

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

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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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Mark Twain: Part of the...

Mark Twain: Part of the...

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out...

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Mark Twain: Water, taken in...

Mark Twain: Water, taken in...

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Boris Pasternak: I don't like...

Boris Pasternak: I don't like...

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life...

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E M Forster: The only books...

E M Forster: The only books...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our...

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E M Forster: At night, when...

E M Forster: At night, when...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective...

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E M Forster: I suggest that...

E M Forster: I suggest that...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further...

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Evelyn Waugh: Enclosing every thin...

Evelyn Waugh: Enclosing every thin...

Enclosing every thin man, there's a fat man demanding elbow-room.

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Experience suggests it...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Experience suggests it...

Experience suggests it doesn?t matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive....

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Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you can't...

If you can't do what you want, do what you can.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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