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Francois de Salignac Fenelon: If we were...

Francois de Salignac Fenelon: If we were...

If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we...

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Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Michael Crichton: Scientific power is...

Scientific power is like inherited wealth; attained without discipline. You read about what others have done, and you...

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Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

Wilkie Collins: I am (thank...

I am (thank God) constitutionally superior to reason.

Source: In The Forbes Book of...

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Wilkie Collins: This is the...

Wilkie Collins: This is the...

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can...

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Evelyn Waugh: I think to...

Evelyn Waugh: I think to...

I think to be oversensitive about clich?s is like being oversensitive about table manners.

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Guillaume Apollinaire: Memories are hunting...

Guillaume Apollinaire: Memories are hunting...

Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.

Source: Cors de...

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Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Source: On The Group,, her 1963...

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Andre Malraux: The crucial discovery...

Andre Malraux: The crucial discovery...

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a...

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Richard Bach: [T]here is such...

Richard Bach: [T]here is such...

[T]here is such a thing as perfection . . . and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth ....

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Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Peter De Vries: There are times...

Peter De Vries: There are times...

There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

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James Thurber: All men should...

James Thurber: All men should...

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and...

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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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Harold Macmillan: As usual the...

Harold Macmillan: As usual the...

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original...

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Dwight D Eisenhower: Organizations cannot make...

Dwight D Eisenhower: Organizations cannot make...

Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to...

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George V: I venture to...

George V: I venture to...

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the...

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Nikita Khrushchev: If one cannot...

Nikita Khrushchev: If one cannot...

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

Source: In Time...

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Lisa Alther: If this was...

Lisa Alther: If this was...

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert...

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Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early...

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John Oliver Killens: What a tiresome...

John Oliver Killens: What a tiresome...

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear that...

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