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Philip Sidney: It is the...

Philip Sidney: It is the...

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most...

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Winston Churchill: All men make...

Winston Churchill: All men make...

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

Source: In The...

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Arnold Bennett: In search of...

Arnold Bennett: In search of...

In search of ideas I spent yesterday morning in walking about, and went to the stores and bought things in four...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

Source: A Heritage and...

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Anna Sewell: Master said, God...

Anna Sewell: Master said, God...

Master said, God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves; but He gave animals...

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Charles W Chesnutt: Those that set...

Charles W Chesnutt: Those that set...

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

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Rose Tremain: Kept falling in...

Rose Tremain: Kept falling in...

Kept falling in and out of it [sleep] like out of a boat or a tipping hammock.

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Boris Pasternak: That's metaphysics, my...

Boris Pasternak: That's metaphysics, my...

That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take...

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Tom Sharpe: His had been...

Tom Sharpe: His had been...

His had been an intellectual decision founded on his conviction that if a little knowledge was a dangerous thing, a...

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Edgar Watson Howe: Wise Man: One...

Edgar Watson Howe: Wise Man: One...

Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.

Source: The...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: There is nothing...

Mary Wortley Montagu: There is nothing...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless...

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Henry David Thoreau: The Artist is...

Henry David Thoreau: The Artist is...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature....

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Winston Churchill: It cannot in...

Winston Churchill: It cannot in...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word...

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Joyce Brothers: Listening, not imitation,...

Joyce Brothers: Listening, not imitation,...

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to...

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Charles W Chesnutt: Those that set...

Charles W Chesnutt: Those that set...

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.

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Edna O'Brien: There is something...

Edna O'Brien: There is something...

There is something about holding on to things that I find therapeutic.

Source: The...

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Rudolph Fisher: Maybe . ....

Rudolph Fisher: Maybe . ....

Maybe . . . she ain't so possible as she looks.

Source: Common Meter.
-- Rudolph...

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Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Source: In The Fourth 637 Best...

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Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

Source: On the Road, Pt. I.
-- Jack...

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