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Frederick Robertson: Men. . ....

Frederick Robertson: Men. . ....

Men. . . are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted...

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Joseph Conrad: An artist is...

Joseph Conrad: An artist is...

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a...

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C S Lewis: It is only...

C S Lewis: It is only...

It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to...

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Joseph Hall: A reputation once...

Joseph Hall: A reputation once...

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the...

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Jeremy Taylor: Whatsoever we beg...

Jeremy Taylor: Whatsoever we beg...

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Source: The Rule and Exercises...

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Robert South: Wonder is from...

Robert South: Wonder is from...

Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.

Source: In The...

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Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was...

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Rumer Godden: For a dyed-in-the-wool...

Rumer Godden: For a dyed-in-the-wool...

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. . . . She is rather like a cat whose...

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Edward Hoagland: City people try...

Edward Hoagland: City people try...

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both...

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and...

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John Fowles: There are only...

John Fowles: There are only...

There are only two races on this planet -- the intelligent and the stupid.

Source:...

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Mario Puzo: He was. ....

Mario Puzo: He was. ....

He was. . . a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war...

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Martin Amis: For myself and...

Martin Amis: For myself and...

For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don't want to have to hang about...

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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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Ernest Hemingway: The man who...

Ernest Hemingway: The man who...

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

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Publilius Syrus: It is not...

Publilius Syrus: It is not...

It is not every question that deserves an answer.

Source: Sententiae, no....

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Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

Marguerite Yourcenar: I have never...

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to digest it more easily.

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Alex Haley: I look...

Alex Haley: I look...

I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others...

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Harper Lee: You never really...

Harper Lee: You never really...

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

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Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it...

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