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William Blackstone: Man was formed...

William Blackstone: Man was formed...

Man was formed for society and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do...

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William Blackstone: It is better...

William Blackstone: It is better...

It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.

Source:...

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Orison Swett Marden: Opportunities? They are...

Orison Swett Marden: Opportunities? They are...

Opportunities? They are all around us. . . There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to...

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Orison Swett Marden: All who have...

Orison Swett Marden: All who have...

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which...

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Bella Abzug: They are a...

Bella Abzug: They are a...

They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in...

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Van Wyck Brooks: It is not...

Van Wyck Brooks: It is not...

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Theories by women about women have only recently begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are...

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Salman Rushdie: In this world...

Salman Rushdie: In this world...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible,...

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Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

[Catch22] specified that a concern for one's safety . . . was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could...

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Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

Andre Malraux: One cannot create...

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

Source: In...

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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Shirley Jackson: It has long...

Shirley Jackson: It has long...

It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears...

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Peter De Vries: You can make...

Peter De Vries: You can make...

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the...

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James Thurber: Early to rise...

James Thurber: Early to rise...

Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy and wealthy and dead.

Source:...

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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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Johanna Spyri: Anger has overpowered...

Johanna Spyri: Anger has overpowered...

Anger has overpowered him, and driven him to a revenge which was rather a stupid one, I must acknowledge, but anger...

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Rumer Godden: If books were...

Rumer Godden: If books were...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. . . . because it is the stitch that makes a...

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Rumer Godden: For a dyed-in-the-wool...

Rumer Godden: For a dyed-in-the-wool...

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. . . . She is rather like a cat whose...

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Graham Henry Greene: Heresy is another...

Graham Henry Greene: Heresy is another...

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Source: From Ashleys collection of...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: I can never...

Arthur Conan Doyle: I can never...

I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues...

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