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Historian -- an...

Historian -- an...

Historian -- an unsuccessful novelist.

Source: A Mencken Chrestomathy, Sententiµ:...

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Criticism is prejudice...

Criticism is prejudice...

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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The effort to...

The effort to...

The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that...

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You cannot endow...

You cannot endow...

You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative. The jolliest steam-roller will not plant...

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No man can...

No man can...

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

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Wedding: the point...

Wedding: the point...

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

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If you believe...

If you believe...

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won t, you most assuredly won t. Belief is the ignition...

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You must stick...

You must stick...

You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.

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Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything,...

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Mickey Spillane: Those big-shot writers...

Mickey Spillane: Those big-shot writers...

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than...

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Samuel Smiles: It is a...

Samuel Smiles: It is a...

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept,...

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Kenneth Grahame: Well, well, perhaps...

Kenneth Grahame: Well, well, perhaps...

Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am --my friends get round me --we chaff, we...

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R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

I'll fill hup the chinks wi' cheese.

Source: Handley Cross, Ch. 1
-- R S...

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Franz Kafka: The dream reveals...

Franz Kafka: The dream reveals...

The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life -- the terror of...

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Erica Jong: And the trouble...

Erica Jong: And the trouble...

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Source: In...

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Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your...

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Max Frisch: Technology. . ....

Max Frisch: Technology. . ....

Technology. . . the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

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Edgar Watson Howe: Most people put...

Edgar Watson Howe: Most people put...

Most people put off till tomorrow that which they should have done yesterday.

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G K Chesterton: One sees great...

G K Chesterton: One sees great...

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

Source: The...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Ah! I shall...

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Source: In An...

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