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G K Chesterton: What affects men...

G K Chesterton: What affects men...

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things; it is rather...

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G K Chesterton: It is at...

G K Chesterton: It is at...

It is at unimportant moments that a man is a gentleman. At important moments he ought to be something...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No modest man...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No modest man...

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mark Twain: They make a...

Mark Twain: They make a...

They make a mouth at you and say thank you 'most to death, but there ain't-a-going to be no...

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Mark Twain: To stop smoking...

Mark Twain: To stop smoking...

To stop smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know; I've done it a thousand...

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Mark Twain: Whoever has lived...

Mark Twain: Whoever has lived...

Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first...

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G K Chesterton: Love means to...

G K Chesterton: Love means to...

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

Abroad, that large home of ruined reputations.

Source: Felix Holt, Epilogue...

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George Eliot: Whether happiness may...

George Eliot: Whether happiness may...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

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George Eliot: A woman's heart...

George Eliot: A woman's heart...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness...

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George Eliot: One soweth and...

George Eliot: One soweth and...

One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.

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George Eliot: Hell is oneself;...

George Eliot: Hell is oneself;...

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and...

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George Eliot: Our virtues are...

George Eliot: Our virtues are...

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound...

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George Eliot: There are men...

George Eliot: There are men...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

Source: Romola,...

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Charles Dickens: Philosophers are only...

Charles Dickens: Philosophers are only...

Philosophers are only men in armor after all.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Charles Dickens: Known by the...

Charles Dickens: Known by the...

Known by the sobriquet of 'The artful Dodger.'

Source: Oliver Twist, Ch. 8
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Charles Dickens: It was the...

Charles Dickens: It was the...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it...

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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.

Source: Mr....

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Charles Dickens: Do you spell...

Charles Dickens: Do you spell...

'Do you spell it with a `V' or a `W'?' inquired the judge. `That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my...

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Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Yes I have a pair of eyes,' replied Sam, 'and that's just it. If they was a pair o' patent double million magnifyin'...

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