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Mark Twain: If you tell...

Mark Twain: If you tell...

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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Mark Twain: Warm summer sun,...

Mark Twain: Warm summer sun,...

Warm summer sun, shine kindly here;
Warm southern wind, blow softly here;
Green sod above, lie light, lie light...

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Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

No matter how true I believe I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

Madeleine L'Engle: When I am...

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a...

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John Steinbeck: I know this...

John Steinbeck: I know this...

I know this -- a man got to do what he got to do.

Source: The Grapes of...

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Louisa May Alcott: Far away there...

Louisa May Alcott: Far away there...

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their...

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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John Fowles: You are like...

John Fowles: You are like...

You are like a porcupine. When the animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And...

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Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we...

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Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Marquis de Sade: Miserable creatures, thrown...

Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the...

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Graham Henry Greene: Failure too is...

Graham Henry Greene: Failure too is...

Failure too is a form of death. . .

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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George Eliot: Vanity is as...

George Eliot: Vanity is as...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot...

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George Eliot: Of what use,...

George Eliot: Of what use,...

Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need...

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Stephen Potter: Just as there...

Stephen Potter: Just as there...

Just as there are O.K.-words in conversationship so there are O.K.-people to mention in...

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S J Perelman: Learning is what...

S J Perelman: Learning is what...

Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

Source: In...

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S J Perelman: You've a sharp...

S J Perelman: You've a sharp...

You've a sharp tongue in your head, Mr Essick. Look out it doesn't cut your throat.

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley: John Stuart Mill<br>By...

Edmund Clerihew Bentley: John Stuart Mill
By...

John Stuart Mill
By a mighty effort of will
Overcame his natural bonhomie
And wrote 'Principles of Political...

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes two...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes two...

It takes two flints to make a fire.

Source: Little Women, 1868.
-- Louisa May...

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George Eliot: The responsibility of...

George Eliot: The responsibility of...

The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our...

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