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Jane Austen: It is happy...

Jane Austen: It is happy...

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing...

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Jane Austen: She was nothing...

Jane Austen: She was nothing...

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her...

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Jane Austen: One half of...

Jane Austen: One half of...

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: Emma,...

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G K Chesterton: They have given...

G K Chesterton: They have given...

They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords,
Lords without anger and honour, who dare not carry their...

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Charles Dickens: On the Rampage,...

Charles Dickens: On the Rampage,...

On the Rampage, Pip, and off the Rampage, Pip; such is Life!

Source: (Joe Gargery)...

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Charles Dickens: I pass my...

Charles Dickens: I pass my...

I pass my whole life, miss, in turning an immense pecuniary Mangle.

Source: (Mr...

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Charles Dickens: Although it's a...

Charles Dickens: Although it's a...

Although it's a long time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never...

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Charles Dickens: Jobling, there are...

Charles Dickens: Jobling, there are...

Jobling, there are chords in the human mind.

Source: (Guppy) Bleak House, Ch....

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Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

He's tough, ma'am, tough, is J. B. Tough and devilish sly!

Source: (Major Bagstock)...

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Charles Dickens: My life is...

Charles Dickens: My life is...

My life is one demd horrid grind!

Source: (Mr Mantalini) Nicholas Nickleby, Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

The dodgerest of the dodgers.

Source: (Mr Fledgeby) Our Mutual Friend, Bk IV. Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: He had but...

Charles Dickens: He had but...

He had but one eye and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two.

Source: (Mr...

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Charles Dickens: I want to...

Charles Dickens: I want to...

I want to know what it says . . . The sea, Floy, what it is that it keeps on saying.

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Charles Dickens: In came a...

Charles Dickens: In came a...

In came a fiddler - and tuned like fifty stomach-aches.
In came Mrs Fezziwig, one vast substantial...

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Charles Dickens: It is sometimes...

Charles Dickens: It is sometimes...

It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of...

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Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Charles Dickens: Barkis is willin'....

Barkis is willin'.

Source: David Copperfield, Ch. 5
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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Charles Dickens: A boy's story...

Charles Dickens: A boy's story...

A boy's story is the best that is ever told.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

When the bright angel [of creativity] dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven...

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Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Louisa May Alcott: Good books, like...

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

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E M Forster: The traveller who...

E M Forster: The traveller who...

The traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return...

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