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Abraham Lincoln: That some should...

Abraham Lincoln: That some should...

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and...

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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: United Metropolitan Improved...

Charles Dickens: United Metropolitan Improved...

United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet and Punctual Delivery Company.

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Charles Dickens: Anythin' for a...

Charles Dickens: Anythin' for a...

Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have...

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James Thurber: Early to rise...

James Thurber: Early to rise...

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy and wealthy and dead.

Source:...

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James Thurber: Then, with that...

James Thurber: Then, with that...

Then, with that faint fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud...

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Mark Twain: Wit is the...

Mark Twain: Wit is the...

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their marriage were not perceived to have any...

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Mark Twain: Humor must not...

Mark Twain: Humor must not...

Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live...

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Mark Twain: Thousands of geniuses...

Mark Twain: Thousands of geniuses...

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -- either by themselves or by others.

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Mark Twain: Write without pay...

Mark Twain: Write without pay...

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were...

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Mark Twain: A soiled baby,...

Mark Twain: A soiled baby,...

A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of...

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Mark Twain: All I say...

Mark Twain: All I say...

All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's...

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Mark Twain: Happiness is like...

Mark Twain: Happiness is like...

Happiness is like a Swedish sunset -- it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose...

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Mark Twain: I think a...

Mark Twain: I think a...

I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and...

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Mark Twain: Providence protects children...

Mark Twain: Providence protects children...

Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it.

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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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Mark Twain: The report of...

Mark Twain: The report of...

The report of my death is exaggerated.

Source: Cable from London to the Associated...

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George Eliot: Children demand that...

George Eliot: Children demand that...

Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so . . .

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George Eliot: Strange, that some...

George Eliot: Strange, that some...

Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the...

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