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Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Louis Auchincloss: Perfection irritates as...

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

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Francois Mauriac: A good critic...

Francois Mauriac: A good critic...

A good critic is the sorcerer that makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our...

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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: He'd make a...

Charles Dickens: He'd make a...

He'd make a lovely corpse.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch. 25
-- Charles Dickens,...

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Henry James, Jr: It is, I...

Henry James, Jr: It is, I...

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world,...

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Henry James, Jr: Ideas are, in...

Henry James, Jr: Ideas are, in...

Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes...

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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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Samuel Smiles: The very greatest...

Samuel Smiles: The very greatest...

The very greatest things -- great thoughts, discoveries, inventions -- have usually been nurtured in hardship, often...

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: One is never...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: One is never...

One is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one had hoped for.

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John Galsworthy: Idealism increases in...

John Galsworthy: Idealism increases in...

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

Source:...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: No grand idea...

F Scott Fitzgerald: No grand idea...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

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Anatole France: When a thing...

Anatole France: When a thing...

When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

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Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Source: Hawthorne,...

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Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run...

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Colette: Sit down and...

Colette: Sit down and...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can...

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Ellen Glasgow: No idea is...

Ellen Glasgow: No idea is...

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be...

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Max Eastman: People who demand...

Max Eastman: People who demand...

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status...

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Anthony Trollope: And above all...

Anthony Trollope: And above all...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is...

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Alvin Toffler: It is better...

Alvin Toffler: It is better...

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Source: In The...

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Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy...

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