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Mark Twain: There ain't no...

Mark Twain: There ain't no...

There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with...

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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 is a...

Mark Twain: There is a...

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Water, taken in...

Mark Twain: Water, taken in...

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Mark Twain: We write frankly...

Mark Twain: We write frankly...

We write frankly and freely but then we modify'' before we print.

Source: Life on...

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George Bernard Shaw: To correct an...

George Bernard Shaw: To correct an...

To correct an Englishman's pronunciation is to imply that he is not quite a gentleman.

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George Bernard Shaw: When a prisoner...

George Bernard Shaw: When a prisoner...

When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open he dashes for it without stopping to think where he shall get his...

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George Bernard Shaw: What is the...

George Bernard Shaw: What is the...

What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Home they brought...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Home they brought...

Home they brought her warrior dead.
She nor swoon'd, nor utter'd cry:
All her maidens, watching said,
'She...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Music that gentlier...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Music that gentlier...

Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,
Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Men may rise...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Men may rise...

Men may rise on stepping-stones
Of their dead selves to higher things.


Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Not once or...

Not once or twice in our rough island-story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Now lies the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Now lies the...

Now lies the Earth all Dana? to the stars.

Source: The Princess, VII, second...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Then the maiden...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Then the maiden...

Then the maiden Aunt
Took this fair day for text, and from it preached
An universal culture for the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To-night the winds...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To-night the winds...

To-night the winds begin to rise
And roar from yonder dropping day:
The last red leaf is whirled away,
The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: We have children,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: We have children,...

We have children, we have wives,
And the Lord hath spared our lives.
We will make the Spaniard promise, if we...

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Oscar Wilde: To get back...

Oscar Wilde: To get back...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early or be...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing can cure...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing can cure...

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the...

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Oscar Wilde: What a fuss...

Oscar Wilde: What a fuss...

What a fuss people make about fidelity! Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do...

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Oscar Wilde: Men marry because...

Oscar Wilde: Men marry because...

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

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