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Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really...

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George Moore: The lot of...

George Moore: The lot of...

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

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George Moore: The difficulty in...

George Moore: The difficulty in...

The difficulty in life is the choice.

Source: The Bending of the Bough, [1900], act...

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Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Youth is a mortal wound

Source: Jacob Have I Loved, 1980.
-- Katherine Paterson,...

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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: The worst of...

G K Chesterton: The worst of...

The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Many a humble...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Many a humble...

Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed...

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Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

Marie Anne du Deffand: God is not...

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in...

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Robert Walpole: I have lived...

Robert Walpole: I have lived...

I have lived long enough in the world, Sir, . . . to know that the safety of a minister lies in his having the...

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Robert Walpole: The balance of...

Robert Walpole: The balance of...

The balance of power.

Source: Speech in House of Commons, 13 Feb. 1741.
--...

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Helene Deutsch: All observations point...

Helene Deutsch: All observations point...

All observations point to the fact that the intellectual woman is masculinized; in her, warm, intuitive knowledge has...

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John Abernethy: Pray, Mr. Abernethy,...

John Abernethy: Pray, Mr. Abernethy,...

Pray, Mr. Abernethy, what is a cure for gout?' was the question of an indolent and luxurious citizen. 'Live upon...

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Elizabeth Kenny: It is better...

Elizabeth Kenny: It is better...

It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Source: Sister...

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Theodore Isaac Rubin: Have you considered...

Theodore Isaac Rubin: Have you considered...

Have you considered that if you don't make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are...

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Theodore Dreiser: Nothing is proved,...

Theodore Dreiser: Nothing is proved,...

Nothing is proved, all is permitted.

Source: The Titan, 1914.
-- Theodore...

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Lillian Smith: To believe in...

Lillian Smith: To believe in...

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future...

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Edward Hoagland: In order to...

Edward Hoagland: In order to...

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open...

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Jean Paul: The look of...

Jean Paul: The look of...

The look of a king is itself a deed.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Christopher Morley: There is only...

Christopher Morley: There is only...

There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way.

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