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Mark Twain: The way it...

Mark Twain: The way it...

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of...

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Mark Twain: There it is:...

Mark Twain: There it is:...

There it is: it doesn't make any difference who we are or what we are, there's always somebody to look down on!...

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Mark Twain: Virtue has never...

Mark Twain: Virtue has never...

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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E M Forster: Curiosity is one...

E M Forster: Curiosity is one...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are...

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Graham Henry Greene: A major character...

Graham Henry Greene: A major character...

A major character has to come somehow out of the unconscious.

Source: In NY Times,...

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George Eliot: One must be...

George Eliot: One must be...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 2, ch. 17...

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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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George Eliot: Our passions do...

George Eliot: Our passions do...

Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions...

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John Steinbeck: The writer must...

John Steinbeck: The writer must...

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this...

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George Eliot: There are some...

George Eliot: There are some...

There are some cases. . . in which the sense of injury breeds --not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them...

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George Eliot: Each thought is...

George Eliot: Each thought is...

Each thought is a nail that is driven
In structures that cannot decay;
And the mansion at last will be...

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George Eliot: The important work...

George Eliot: The important work...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

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George Eliot: We must find...

George Eliot: We must find...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

Source:...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Everything you add...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Everything you add...

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: There is nothing...

Mark Twain: There is nothing...

There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they...

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Mark Twain: War talk by...

Mark Twain: War talk by...

War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon...

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Mark Twain: As a rule...

Mark Twain: As a rule...

As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and. . . Europe develops a borrowed American idea...

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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 good memory...

Mark Twain: A good memory...

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to...

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