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G K Chesterton: The mind that...

G K Chesterton: The mind that...

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's, but the mind that never finds its way back is the...

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G K Chesterton: People in high...

G K Chesterton: People in high...

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily...

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G K Chesterton: The rolling English...

G K Chesterton: The rolling English...

The rolling English drunkard made the rolling
English road.
A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles...

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G K Chesterton: Variability is one...

G K Chesterton: Variability is one...

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one...

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G K Chesterton: Man is an...

G K Chesterton: Man is an...

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the...

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G K Chesterton: Literature has always...

G K Chesterton: Literature has always...

Literature has always been allegorical.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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G K Chesterton: There is one...

G K Chesterton: There is one...

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the...

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Mark Twain: When people do...

Mark Twain: When people do...

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects...

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Mark Twain: Words in haste...

Mark Twain: Words in haste...

Words in haste do friendships waste.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910),...

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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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George Eliot: Harold, like the...

George Eliot: Harold, like the...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct...

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George Eliot: In the vain...

George Eliot: In the vain...

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Source: Romola, bk....

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Charles Dickens: Reflect upon your...

Charles Dickens: Reflect upon your...

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes -- of which all men...

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Charles Dickens: Take example by...

Charles Dickens: Take example by...

Take example by your father, my boy, and be wery careful o' vidders all your life, specially if they've kept a public...

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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: 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: The question about...

Charles Dickens: The question about...

The question about everything was, would it bring a blush to the cheek of a young person?

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Charles Dickens: He'd be sharper...

Charles Dickens: He'd be sharper...

He'd be sharper than a serpent's tooth, if he wasn't as dull as ditch water.

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Charles Dickens: Poetry's unnat'ral; no...

Charles Dickens: Poetry's unnat'ral; no...

Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.

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