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Anatole France: The books that...

Anatole France: The books that...

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Source: In The...

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Aesop: Beware that you...

Aesop: Beware that you...

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

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Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying,...

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Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

Judith Krantz: I'm convinced that...

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

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Evelyn Waugh: What is youth...

Evelyn Waugh: What is youth...

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?

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James Thurber: A drawing is...

James Thurber: A drawing is...

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.

Source: New Yorker ...

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James Thurber: A burden in...

James Thurber: A burden in...

A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Mark Twain: What, then, is...

Mark Twain: What, then, is...

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. ...

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Artemus Ward: Why care for...

Artemus Ward: Why care for...

Why care for grammar as long as we are good?

Source: Pyrotechny.
-- Artemus...

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Thomas Mann: An art whose...

Thomas Mann: An art whose...

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a...

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Richard Bach: A professional writer...

Richard Bach: A professional writer...

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Source: A Gift of Wings,...

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Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Peter De Vries: Everybody hates me...

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Source: The narrator, Joe...

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V S Naipaul: I am the...

V S Naipaul: I am the...

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

Source: In...

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John LeCarre: The monsters of...

John LeCarre: The monsters of...

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,...

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Salman Rushdie: Our lives teach...

Salman Rushdie: Our lives teach...

Our lives teach us who we are.

Source: In Independent on Sunday (London), 4 Feb...

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George Eliot: The egoism which...

George Eliot: The egoism which...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied,...

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Margaret Atwood: The answers you...

Margaret Atwood: The answers you...

The answers you get from literature depend upon the questions you pose.

Source: In...

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Kingsley Amis: It was no...

Kingsley Amis: It was no...

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

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William Makepeace Thackeray: Let the man...

William Makepeace Thackeray: Let the man...

Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world...

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Fay Weldon: You end up...

Fay Weldon: You end up...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you...

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