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Robertson Davies: The most original...

Robertson Davies: The most original...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult...

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Robertson Davies: If I had...

Robertson Davies: If I had...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only...

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R S Surtees: The only infallible...

R S Surtees: The only infallible...

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is...

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Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Charles Buxton: Experience shows that...

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body...

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Samuel Smiles: Labor is still,...

Samuel Smiles: Labor is still,...

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is...

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Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Middle age snuffs our more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.

Source: The...

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Richard Hughes: The trouble with...

Richard Hughes: The trouble with...

The trouble with success is that a man may be perfectly sound on the short story but not very good about the atomic...

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Milan Kundera: Without the meditative...

Milan Kundera: Without the meditative...

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, ahistorical accidents, soon...

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Margaret Atwood: Popular art is...

Margaret Atwood: Popular art is...

Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.

Source: AQuestion...

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Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten...

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Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at...

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Dr Seuss: I meant what...

Dr Seuss: I meant what...

I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.
An elephant's faithful, one hundred...

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Mario Puzo: A lawyer with...

Mario Puzo: A lawyer with...

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

Source:...

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George MacDonald: But for money...

George MacDonald: But for money...

But for money and the need of it, there would not be half the friendship in the world. It is powerful for good if...

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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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Lillian Smith: The human heart...

Lillian Smith: The human heart...

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that...

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Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

Alan Brien: New York waiters,...

New York waiters, probably the surliest in the Western world . . . are better images of their city than that...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: It is only...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: It is only...

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Let a man...

Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Let a man...

Let a man in a garret but burn with enough tensity and he will set fire to the whole...

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James Agee: Understanding, and action...

James Agee: Understanding, and action...

Understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is one weapon against the world's...

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