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Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether...

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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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Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

Margaret Atwood: A divorce is...

A divorce is like an amputation; you survive, but there's less of you.

Source: In...

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Margaret Atwood: If I were...

Margaret Atwood: If I were...

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints...

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Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Robert Penn Warren: Most writers are...

Most writers are trying to find what they think or feel. . . . not simply working from the given, but toward the...

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Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Mary Ritter Beard: Viewed narrowly, all...

Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with...

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Philip Guedalla: Biography, like big...

Philip Guedalla: Biography, like big...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is [as] unfair as only sport can...

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Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

Elizabeth Montagu: . . ....

. . . there is a much higher character from that of a wit or a poet or a savant, which is that of a rational sociable...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: Many ideas grow...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung...

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William Blackstone: The public good...

William Blackstone: The public good...

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested than in the protection of every individual's private...

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Benjamin L Hooks: The most enduring...

Benjamin L Hooks: The most enduring...

The most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by...

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Northrop Frye: Americans like to...

Northrop Frye: Americans like to...

Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I know no other country where accountants have a higher...

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George Steiner: To shoot a...

George Steiner: To shoot a...

To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy...

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George S Patton: Now if you...

George S Patton: Now if you...

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. not tired....

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Grace Murray Hopper: If you do...

Grace Murray Hopper: If you do...

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a...

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Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Grace Murray Hopper: Leadership is a...

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's...

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Robert Baden-Powell: It is called...

Robert Baden-Powell: It is called...

It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it . . . should it become a habit it...

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T E Lawrence: All men dream:...

T E Lawrence: All men dream:...

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find...

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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David Hume: Any person seasoned...

David Hume: Any person seasoned...

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly to revealed truth with the...

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