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Some people are...

Some people are...

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have...

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Three things matter...

Three things matter...

Three things matter in a speech: who says it, how he says it, and what he says -- and, of the three, the last matters...

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The common argument...

The common argument...

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.

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He is no...

He is no...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

Source: In

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a...

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A good poet...

A good poet...

A good poet is someone who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view...

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If I ever...

If I ever...

If I ever marry it will be on a sudden impulse, as a man shoots himself.

Source: In...

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We always come...

We always come...

We always come back to the same vicious circle - an extreme degree of material or intellectual poverty does away with...

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To catch a...

To catch a...

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

Source: In

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The words! I...

The words! I...

The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind.

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Relationships are like...

Relationships are like...

Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and forth between partners. Some relationships are the...

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The quality of...

The quality of...

The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth. . . the pollution of American space,...

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My verses, I...

My verses, I...

My verses, I cannot say poems. . . . I was following in the exquisite footsteps of Miss Millay, unhappily in my own...

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I only want...

I only want...

I only want enough to keep the body and soul apart.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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We put [young...

We put [young...

We put [young children] into kindergarten where their reasoning powers are ruined; or, if we can afford it, we buy...

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Every person is...

Every person is...

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell...

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The mind of...

The mind of...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound...

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There is a...

There is a...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their...

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Mikhail Bakunin: Does it follow...

Mikhail Bakunin: Does it follow...

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of...

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