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Wit lives in...

Wit lives in...

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.

Source: In And I Quote,...

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People seem to...

People seem to...

People seem to lose all respect for the past; events succeed each other with such velocity that the most remarkable...

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I have no...

I have no...

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English # no time to shine...

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He who knows...

He who knows...

He who knows and knows not he knows:á he is asleep -- wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows:á he is wise --...

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Defending the truth...

Defending the truth...

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in...

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What's important is...

What's important is...

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. . . . The people have...

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Language is a...

Language is a...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Source: From an Internet collection of...

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There is the...

There is the...

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of...

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He has gone...

He has gone...

He has gone over to the majority.

Source: Satyricon,sct. 42.
-- Petronius...

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Hell is paved...

Hell is paved...

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Source: From a collection of quotations found...

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Women are afraid...

Women are afraid...

Women are afraid in a world in which almost half the population bears the guise of the predator, in which no...

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The greatest genius...

The greatest genius...

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest...

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Artemus Ward: I am happiest...

Artemus Ward: I am happiest...

I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labor, and at the expiration of...

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E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

E L Doctorow: Writing is like...

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole...

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Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

Laurence Sterne: Tis known by...

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause -- and of obstinacy in a bad one.

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Alice Walker: God is inside...

Alice Walker: God is inside...

God is inside you and inside everybody else. But only them that search for it inside find it. And sometimes it just...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Anthony Trollope: Success is the...

Anthony Trollope: Success is the...

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes...

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John Buchan: The true definition...

John Buchan: The true definition...

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites...

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George V: How is the...

George V: How is the...

How is the Empire?

Source: In The Times, 21 Jan 1936
-- George V, (Jun 3...

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