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Martha Washington: . . ....

Martha Washington: . . ....

. . . steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket. . . .

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Colette: Look for a...

Colette: Look for a...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you.

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Robert Stone: One is improvising...

Robert Stone: One is improvising...

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the...

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Charles Buxton: You will never...

Charles Buxton: You will never...

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

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Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.

Source: In Samples...

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Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

I am worn to a raveling.

Source: The Tailor of Gloucester, 1901.
-- Beatrix...

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Daniel Defoe: It is better...

Daniel Defoe: It is better...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of...

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Francois Rabelais: I am going...

Francois Rabelais: I am going...

I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.

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Elias Canetti: All the things...

Elias Canetti: All the things...

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

Source: Die Provinz der...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

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Jessamyn West: If you want...

Jessamyn West: If you want...

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

Source: In The...

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Dr Seuss: Preachers in pulpits...

Dr Seuss: Preachers in pulpits...

Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Excellent!' I cried....

Arthur Conan Doyle: Excellent!' I cried....

'Excellent!' I cried. 'Elementary,' said he.

Source: Watson talking to Sherlock...

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A E Housman: Now, of my...

A E Housman: Now, of my...

Now, of my threescore years and ten,
Twenty will not come again.


Source: A...

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Henry David Thoreau: How can they...

Henry David Thoreau: How can they...

How can they expect a harvest of thought who have not had the seed time of character.

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Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

Barbara Tuchman: To a historian...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Source: Practising...

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Truth is confirmed...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Truth is confirmed...

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The brave and...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus: The brave and...

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear...

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Henry Brooks Adams: Practical politics consists...

Henry Brooks Adams: Practical politics consists...

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Source: The Education of Henry...

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Jacob Bronowski: Einstein was a...

Jacob Bronowski: Einstein was a...

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are...

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