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George Ade: She was short...

George Ade: She was short...

She was short on intellect, but long on shape.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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P D James: God gives every...

P D James: God gives every...

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.

Source:...

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P D James: There comes a...

P D James: There comes a...

There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.

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Francois Rabelais: Tell the truth...

Francois Rabelais: Tell the truth...

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

Source:
-- Francois Rabelais, ( ...

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Herman Melville: If I have...

Herman Melville: If I have...

If I have done the hardest possible day's work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably...

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Laurence Sterne: An actor should...

Laurence Sterne: An actor should...

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Source: In...

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Joyce Cary: For good and...

Joyce Cary: For good and...

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in...

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Anzia Yezierska: In America, money...

Anzia Yezierska: In America, money...

In America, money takes the place of God.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Vance Palmer: The voice of...

Vance Palmer: The voice of...

The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless...

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Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Horace Walpole: Every drop of...

Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.

Source: Letter, 3 Jul 1752.
-- Horace...

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Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Source: In the Sunday Correspondent (London), 24 Dec...

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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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Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.

Source: Ramona, 1884.
-- Helen...

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Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

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Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

Natalia Ginzburg: As soon as...

As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality,...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: Nagging is the...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Nagging is the...

Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.

Source: Speech, 1960.
-- Edith...

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Rutherford B Hayes: In avoiding the...

Rutherford B Hayes: In avoiding the...

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of...

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William McKinley: Let us ever...

William McKinley: Let us ever...

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the...

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