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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A good indignation...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A good indignation...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Leo Tolstoy: Error is the...

Leo Tolstoy: Error is the...

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of...

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Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

Shirley Jackson: [L]et my reader...

[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if he...

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Guillaume Apollinaire: The plastic virtues:...

Guillaume Apollinaire: The plastic virtues:...

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

Source:...

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V S Naipaul: Ignorant people in...

V S Naipaul: Ignorant people in...

Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes.

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V S Naipaul: To read a...

V S Naipaul: To read a...

To read a newspaper for the first time is like coming into a film that has been on for an hour. Newspapers are like...

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Jane Austen: One cannot have...

Jane Austen: One cannot have...

One cannot have too large a party.

Source: 'Emma'
-- Jane Austen, (Dec 16...

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I have found...

I have found...

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the...

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I know of...

I know of...

I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the...

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There are to...

There are to...

There are to us no ties at all just in being a father. A son is distinctly an acquired taste. It's the practice of...

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In some respects...

In some respects...

In some respects the life of a censor is more exhilarating that of an emperor. The best the emperor can do is to snip...

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Susan B Anthony: I can't say...

Susan B Anthony: I can't say...

I can't say that the college-bred woman is the most contented woman. The broader her mind the more she understands the...

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Olympia Brown: How natural that...

Olympia Brown: How natural that...

How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which...

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Pat Riley: Being ready isn't...

Pat Riley: Being ready isn't...

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant...

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We attend to...

We attend to...

We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire...

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Dialogue more tame...

Dialogue more tame...

Dialogue more tame than Wilde.

Source: On revival of Somerset Maugham's The...

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A fanatic is...

A fanatic is...

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the...

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A bargain is...

A bargain is...

A bargain is anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

Source: In The...

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A loafer always...

A loafer always...

A loafer always has the correct time.

Source: In

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INVENTOR, n. --...

INVENTOR, n. --...

INVENTOR, n. -- A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it...

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