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Jean Toomer: I am not...

Jean Toomer: I am not...

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.

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George Moore: A man travels...

George Moore: A man travels...

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.

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George Moore: Art must be...

George Moore: Art must be...

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.

Source:...

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George Moore: My one claim...

George Moore: My one claim...

My one claim to originality among Irishmen is that I have never made a speech.

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Edgar Watson Howe: I try to...

Edgar Watson Howe: I try to...

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the...

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Edgar Watson Howe: A good scare...

Edgar Watson Howe: A good scare...

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

Source: Country Town Sayings,...

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Edgar Watson Howe: People are always...

Edgar Watson Howe: People are always...

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't...

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Edgar Watson Howe: If you don't...

Edgar Watson Howe: If you don't...

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're...

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Edgar Watson Howe: To know when...

Edgar Watson Howe: To know when...

To know when to be generous and when firm -- this is wisdom.

Source: The...

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Mark Twain: A hypocritical Boston...

Mark Twain: A hypocritical Boston...

A hypocritical Boston tycoon once told Mark Twain, 'Before I die I mean to make a pilgrimage to the top of Mount...

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Mark Twain: Fortune knocks at...

Mark Twain: Fortune knocks at...

Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and...

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Mark Twain: By common consent...

Mark Twain: By common consent...

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men,...

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Mark Twain: Do something every...

Mark Twain: Do something every...

Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty...

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Mark Twain: Humor is the...

Mark Twain: Humor is the...

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing, after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our...

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over...

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Madeleine L'Engle: It is the...

Madeleine L'Engle: It is the...

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

Source: Walking on Water:...

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Anatole France: To accomplish great...

Anatole France: To accomplish great...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also...

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Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Margot Asquith: Lord Birkenhead is...

Lord Birkenhead is very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Women are the...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Women are the...

Women are the real architects of society.

Source: In Atlantic Monthly, 1864.
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Honore de Balzac: Physically, a man...

Honore de Balzac: Physically, a man...

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.

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