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Hermann Hesse: To study history...

Hermann Hesse: To study history...

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious...

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Henry Fielding: I have found...

Henry Fielding: I have found...

I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was...

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Fay Weldon: Young women especially...

Fay Weldon: Young women especially...

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you...

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Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

The New Women! I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself . . . .They are satiated by...

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Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

People who travel are always fugitives.

Source: Frenchman's Creek.
-- Daphne...

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Francois Rabelais: I have known...

Francois Rabelais: I have known...

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

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Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Man cannot aspire if he looks down; if he rises, he must look up.

Source: In The...

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Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

Samuel Smiles: The reason why...

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

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Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

Dr Seuss: You make 'em,...

You make 'em, I amuse 'em.

Source: On children.
-- Dr Seuss, (Mar 2 1904-1991),...

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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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Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Lisa Alther: Any mother could...

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.

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Emily Bronte: A person who...

Emily Bronte: A person who...

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A man is...

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

Source:...

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Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping...

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Jane Austen: A large income...

Jane Austen: A large income...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Source: In The...

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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: All meanings, we...

George Eliot: All meanings, we...

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Francois Mauriac: Every novel worthy...

Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has...

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Mark Twain: All you need...

Mark Twain: All you need...

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

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Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Mr. and Mrs. Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the...

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