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Charles Dickens: An idea, like...

Charles Dickens: An idea, like...

An idea, like a ghost . . . must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

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Booth Tarkington: Cherish all your...

Booth Tarkington: Cherish all your...

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

Source: In...

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Charles Dickens: Industry is the...

Charles Dickens: Industry is the...

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

Source:...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

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Gay Talese: The real problem...

Gay Talese: The real problem...

The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved.

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Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

Alan Brien: The blue-rinse warbler...

The blue-rinse warbler and her horn-rimmed mate are rare and overdue this year.

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Mark Twain: A classic --something...

Mark Twain: A classic --something...

A classic --something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

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Mark Twain: It is not...

Mark Twain: It is not...

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make...

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Jane Austen: An annuity is...

Jane Austen: An annuity is...

An annuity is a very serious business.

Source: (Mrs Dashwood) Sense and...

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Douglas Adams: You live and...

Douglas Adams: You live and...

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Source: From a collection of quotations...

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Douglas Adams: In the beginning...

Douglas Adams: In the beginning...

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a...

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Elie Wiesel: Mankind must remember...

Elie Wiesel: Mankind must remember...

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Man only likes...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Man only likes...

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Source: Notes...

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Joyce Cary: It is the...

Joyce Cary: It is the...

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is...

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Edward Dahlberg: The bad poet...

Edward Dahlberg: The bad poet...

The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature.

Source: The Carnal Myth, ch. 5...

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John Steinbeck: Four hoarse blasts...

John Steinbeck: Four hoarse blasts...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to...

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Francoise Sagan: Of course the...

Francoise Sagan: Of course the...

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the...

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Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...

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John Fowles: That is the...

John Fowles: That is the...

That is the great distinction between the sexes. Men see objects, women see the relationships between...

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