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George Eliot: Men's men: gentle...

George Eliot: Men's men: gentle...

Men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.

Source: Mrs. Girdle, in...

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George Eliot: I like not...

George Eliot: I like not...

I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the...

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George Eliot: The poverty of...

George Eliot: The poverty of...

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in...

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George Eliot: We hand folks...

George Eliot: We hand folks...

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

Source: Adam Bede, ch....

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George Eliot: To have in...

George Eliot: To have in...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular...

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Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: Adam was but...

Mark Twain: Adam was but...

Adam was but human - this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because...

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Mark Twain: Half of the...

Mark Twain: Half of the...

Half of the results of a good intention are evil, half the results of an evil intention are...

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Mark Twain: Have a place...

Mark Twain: Have a place...

Have a place for everything and keep the things somewheres else. That is not advice, it is merely...

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Mark Twain: I have not...

Mark Twain: I have not...

I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.

Source: In...

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Mark Twain: I like criticism,...

Mark Twain: I like criticism,...

I like criticism, but it must be my way.

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-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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Mark Twain: If there was...

Mark Twain: If there was...

If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.

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Mark Twain: Life would be...

Mark Twain: Life would be...

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach...

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Mark Twain: Man is a...

Mark Twain: Man is a...

Man is a museum of diseases, a home of impurities; he comes today and is gone tomorrow; he begins as dirt and departs...

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Mark Twain: It is a...

Mark Twain: It is a...

It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation,...

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Mark Twain: It is by...

Mark Twain: It is by...

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech,...

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Mark Twain: Most writers regard...

Mark Twain: Most writers regard...

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its...

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Mark Twain: It was enough...

Mark Twain: It was enough...

It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.

Source: Huck Finn in The...

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Mark Twain: Obscurity and a...

Mark Twain: Obscurity and a...

Obscurity and a competence -- that is a life that is best worth living.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Pilgrim's Progress, about...

Mark Twain: Pilgrim's Progress, about...

Pilgrim's Progress, about a man who left his family, it didn't say why. The statements was interesting, but...

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