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Charles Dickens: Minds, like bodies,...

Charles Dickens: Minds, like bodies,...

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

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Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Here's the rule for bargains: Do other men, for they would do you. That's the true business...

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George Eliot: It is easy...

George Eliot: It is easy...

It is easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not...

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George Eliot: Keep true, never...

George Eliot: Keep true, never...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to...

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George Eliot: This is a...

George Eliot: This is a...

This is a puzzling world, and Old Harry's got a finger in it.

Source: Mr. Tulliver,...

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George Eliot: Nothing is so...

George Eliot: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

Source: Silas Marner, 1861
-- George...

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Mark Twain: The man who...

Mark Twain: The man who...

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too...

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Mark Twain: There are many...

Mark Twain: There are many...

There are many humorous things in the world: among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other...

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Mark Twain: They make a...

Mark Twain: They make a...

They make a mouth at you and say thank you 'most to death, but there ain't-a-going to be no...

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Mark Twain: We owe a...

Mark Twain: We owe a...

We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the...

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Mark Twain: When angry, count...

Mark Twain: When angry, count...

When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson, ch. 10,...

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Mark Twain: You perceive I...

Mark Twain: You perceive I...

You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's...

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Marguerite Duras: A journalist is...

Marguerite Duras: A journalist is...

A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every...

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William Shakespeare: [T]ell him that...

William Shakespeare: [T]ell him that...

[T]ell him that his sword can never win
The honour that he loses . . .


Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: I am not...

Oscar Wilde: I am not...

I am not young enough to know everything.

Source: The Admirable Crichton
--...

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Oscar Wilde: The condition of...

Oscar Wilde: The condition of...

The condition of perfection is idleness; the aim of perfection is youth.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: In America the...

Oscar Wilde: In America the...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their...

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Oscar Wilde: The world is...

Oscar Wilde: The world is...

The world is a stage, but the play's badly cast.

Source: Lord Arthur Savile's...

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Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the...

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