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Barbara Cartland: Of course they...

Barbara Cartland: Of course they...

Of course they have, or I wouldn't be sitting here talking to someone like you.

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J G Ballard: We live in...

J G Ballard: We live in...

We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind -- mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: It is never...

It is never any good dwelling on goodbyes. It is not the being together it prolongs, it is the...

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Max Frisch: When you say...

Max Frisch: When you say...

When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you...

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G K Chesterton: As enunciated today,...

G K Chesterton: As enunciated today,...

As enunciated today, 'progress' is simply a comparative of which we have not settled the...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Jealousy is no...

Elizabeth Bowen: Jealousy is no...

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Source: The House...

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Natalia Ginzburg: Today, as never...

Natalia Ginzburg: Today, as never...

Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The sweat of...

Maxine Hong Kingston: The sweat of...

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the...

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Mickey Spillane: I'm a commercial...

Mickey Spillane: I'm a commercial...

I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one...

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Lydia M Child: Every man deems...

Lydia M Child: Every man deems...

Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear;...

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Mark Twain: Guides cannot master...

Mark Twain: Guides cannot master...

Guides cannot master the subtleties of the American joke.

Source: Innocents Abroad,...

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Mark Twain: Make it a...

Mark Twain: Make it a...

Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit...

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Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Leo Tolstoy: Man discovers truth...

Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

Source: On Life, 1887.
-- Leo...

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William H Gass: Only the slow...

William H Gass: Only the slow...

Only the slow reader ... will notice the odd crowd of images flier, butcher, seal which have gathered to comment on...

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Rudolph Fisher: He's from 'way...

Rudolph Fisher: He's from 'way...

He's from 'way down behind the sun an' ripe f' the pluckin'.

Source: City of...

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Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Life should be embraced like a lover.

Source: In ...As One Mad With Wine, by Elyse...

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John Mortimer: No brilliance is...

John Mortimer: No brilliance is...

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger...

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John Mortimer: The shelf life...

John Mortimer: The shelf life...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

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Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Anne Bronte: Keep guard over...

Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray...

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John Sterling: The worst education...

John Sterling: The worst education...

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not...

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