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Emily Bronte: Proud people breed...

Emily Bronte: Proud people breed...

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. [Nelly, in Wuthering Heights]

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Henry Miller: I didn't have...

Henry Miller: I didn't have...

I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording...

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Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

Edward Dahlberg: What is most...

What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about...

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Charles Dickens: You can only...

Charles Dickens: You can only...

You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. Stick...

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Charles Dickens: A wonderful fact...

Charles Dickens: A wonderful fact...

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to...

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Italo Calvino: Everything can change,...

Italo Calvino: Everything can change,...

Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than one's...

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Margaret Halsey: The people who...

Margaret Halsey: The people who...

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is...

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Jane Austen: It does not...

Jane Austen: It does not...

It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any...

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Douglas Adams: Anyone who is...

Douglas Adams: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the...

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James Allen: Dream lofty dreams,...

James Allen: Dream lofty dreams,...

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be;...

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Richard Bach: Here is the...

Richard Bach: Here is the...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it...

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Mary McCarthy: Every age has...

Mary McCarthy: Every age has...

Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.

Source: On the Contrary, pt. 1,...

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Marquis de Sade: It is only...

Marquis de Sade: It is only...

It is only by enlarging the scope of one's tastes and one's fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that...

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George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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George Eliot: The strongest principle...

George Eliot: The strongest principle...

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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George Eliot: And when a...

George Eliot: And when a...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be...

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Peter De Vries: Words fashioned with...

Peter De Vries: Words fashioned with...

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie...

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Mark Twain: Duties are not...

Mark Twain: Duties are not...

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs...

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James Thurber: When all things...

James Thurber: When all things...

When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing...

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James Thurber: He knows all...

James Thurber: He knows all...

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.

Source: In Webster's...

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