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Mark Twain: When a person...

Mark Twain: When a person...

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other...

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Edna O'Brien: Writers live in...

Edna O'Brien: Writers live in...

Writers live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Anthony Hope: I wish you...

Anthony Hope: I wish you...

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

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Anne Bronte: There is always...

Anne Bronte: There is always...

There is always a but in this imperfect world.

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,...

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George Meredith: The well of...

George Meredith: The well of...

The well of true wit is truth itself.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Thomas Love Peacock: He was sent,...

Thomas Love Peacock: He was sent,...

He was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to...

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Thomas Love Peacock: I never failed...

Thomas Love Peacock: I never failed...

I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.

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Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Theodore Dreiser: Our civilization is...

Our civilization is still in the middle stage; scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct;...

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Gloria Naylor: His entire life...

Gloria Naylor: His entire life...

His entire life was becoming a race against the natural -- and he was winning.

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Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow...

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Alex Haley: My fondest hope...

Alex Haley: My fondest hope...

My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. ...

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Alex Haley: In the bush,...

Alex Haley: In the bush,...

In the bush, trust no one you don't know.'

Source: Roots, 1977.
-- Alex Haley,...

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Alex Haley: Roots is not...

Alex Haley: Roots is not...

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Source:...

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Alan Brien: The majority of...

Alan Brien: The majority of...

The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial...

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William Wycherley: Marrying to increase...

William Wycherley: Marrying to increase...

Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had...

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Joseph Brodsky: Twentieth-century Russian literature...

Joseph Brodsky: Twentieth-century Russian literature...

Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by Andrei...

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George Gordon Byron: This is the...

George Gordon Byron: This is the...

This is the patent age of new inventions
For killing bodies, and saving souls,
All propagated with the best of...

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George Gordon Byron: My great comfort...

George Gordon Byron: My great comfort...

My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all...

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Emily Dickinson: A Deed knocks...

Emily Dickinson: A Deed knocks...

A Deed knocks first at Thought
And then -- it knocks at Will --
That is the manufacturing...

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Emily Dickinson: A great Hope...

Emily Dickinson: A great Hope...

A great Hope fell
You heard no noise
The Ruin was within.


Source: c.1864,...

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