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Mark Twain: There was worlds...

Mark Twain: There was worlds...

There was worlds of reputation in it, but no money.

Source: A Yankee at the Court...

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Mark Twain: There are two...

Mark Twain: There are two...

There are two forces that can carry light to all corners of the globe -- the sun in the heavens and the Associated...

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Mark Twain: We never become...

Mark Twain: We never become...

We never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead -- and not then until we have been...

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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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Marguerite Duras: No other human...

Marguerite Duras: No other human...

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the...

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Salman Rushdie: The real risks...

Salman Rushdie: The real risks...

The real risks for any artist are taken. . . in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible, in the attempt to...

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E M Forster: Two cheers for...

E M Forster: Two cheers for...

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

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E M Forster: Spoon feeding in...

E M Forster: Spoon feeding in...

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

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E M Forster: The people I...

E M Forster: The people I...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

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Joseph Heller: Peace on earth...

Joseph Heller: Peace on earth...

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

Source: Good as...

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Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Joseph Heller: Orr would be...

Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them...

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George Eliot: It is seldom...

George Eliot: It is seldom...

It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are...

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George Eliot: It is generally...

George Eliot: It is generally...

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of...

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George Eliot: Life is measured...

George Eliot: Life is measured...

Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the...

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Mark Twain: What is there...

Mark Twain: What is there...

What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which...

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Mark Twain: Let us endeavor...

Mark Twain: Let us endeavor...

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

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Mark Twain: I reverently believe...

Mark Twain: I reverently believe...

I reverently believe that the Maker who made us all makes everything in New England but the weather. I don't know who...

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Mark Twain: Let me make...

Mark Twain: Let me make...

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs...

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Mark Twain: A joke, even...

Mark Twain: A joke, even...

A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder...

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Mark Twain: Hardly a man...

Mark Twain: Hardly a man...

Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his...

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