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Marquis de Sade: Never lose sight...

Marquis de Sade: Never lose sight...

Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it...

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Gore Vidal: Each writer is...

Gore Vidal: Each writer is...

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players, and Tennessee Williams...

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Gore Vidal: I like the...

Gore Vidal: I like the...

I like the way you always manage to state the obvious with a sense of real discovery.

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Marguerite Yourcenar: If I make...

Marguerite Yourcenar: If I make...

If I make it, I will carry a pencil instead of the ritual sword.

Source: On her...

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Sir Walter Besant: You cannot believe...

Sir Walter Besant: You cannot believe...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it. Better keep yourself clean and bright you are the window...

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Sir Walter Besant: A man of...

Sir Walter Besant: A man of...

A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral...

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P G Wodehouse: I know I...

P G Wodehouse: I know I...

I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I...

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Jean Paul: No rest is...

Jean Paul: No rest is...

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Jean Paul: Only action gives...

Jean Paul: Only action gives...

Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.

Source: In The...

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Jean Paul: In youth one...

Jean Paul: In youth one...

In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.

Source: In...

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Jean Paul: Without God there...

Jean Paul: Without God there...

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every...

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P G Wodehouse: It is not...

P G Wodehouse: It is not...

It is not mere technical skill that makes a man a golfer, it is the golfing soul.

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Christopher Morley: Heaven is not...

Christopher Morley: Heaven is not...

Heaven is not built of country seats
But little queer suburban streets.


Source:...

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Mark Twain: Except a creature...

Mark Twain: Except a creature...

Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the...

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Edward Dahlberg: Man hoards himself...

Edward Dahlberg: Man hoards himself...

Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.

Source: Reasons of the Heart, ...

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Orson Scott Card: In the moment...

Orson Scott Card: In the moment...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I...

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S J Perelman: You've a sharp...

S J Perelman: You've a sharp...

You've a sharp tongue in your head, Mr Essick. Look out it doesn't cut your throat.

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S J Perelman: The main obligation...

S J Perelman: The main obligation...

The main obligation is to amuse yourself.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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E B White: Computing machines perhaps...

E B White: Computing machines perhaps...

Computing machines perhaps can do the work of a dozen ordinary men, but there is no machine that can do the work of...

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George Ade: Do unto yourself...

George Ade: Do unto yourself...

Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.

Source: In...

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