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Jessamyn West: A rattlesnake that...

Jessamyn West: A rattlesnake that...

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

Source: The Life I Really...

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Carolyn Wells: A blunder at...

Carolyn Wells: A blunder at...

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Source:...

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Robert Stone: I am trying...

Robert Stone: I am trying...

I am trying - in a good cause - to crowd people out of their own minds and occupy their space. I want them to stop...

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Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they...

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Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

'Where there is a will there is a way,' is an old and true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very...

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Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

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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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Francois Rabelais: In their rules...

Francois Rabelais: In their rules...

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

Source: Referring to...

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R S Surtees: He was a...

R S Surtees: He was a...

He was a gentleman who was generally spoken of as having nothing a-year, paid quarterly.

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Conquer but don't triumph.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach,...

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Hermann Hesse: All men are...

Hermann Hesse: All men are...

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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Marguerite Duras: Men like women...

Marguerite Duras: Men like women...

Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: I am of...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: I am of...

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances -- from my grave even more...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The line separating...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The line separating...

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either -- but right through...

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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: The law of...

James Allen: The law of...

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a...

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George Orwell: Doublethink means the...

George Orwell: Doublethink means the...

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of...

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Charles Dickens: Train up a...

Charles Dickens: Train up a...

Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of...

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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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Charles Dickens: Father Time is...

Charles Dickens: Father Time is...

Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly...

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