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G K Chesterton: Wit is a...

G K Chesterton: Wit is a...

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

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G K Chesterton: Women prefer to...

G K Chesterton: Women prefer to...

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: I sat at...

Henry David Thoreau: I sat at...

I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were...

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Henry David Thoreau: Almost any man...

Henry David Thoreau: Almost any man...

Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.

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Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Henry David Thoreau: Water is the...

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Albert Schweitzer: One truth stands...

Albert Schweitzer: One truth stands...

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it...

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Albert Schweitzer: A man does...

Albert Schweitzer: A man does...

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.

Source: In Webster's...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Arthur Conan Doyle: Our ideas must...

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

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Elias Canetti: All the things...

Elias Canetti: All the things...

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

Source: Die Provinz der...

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Robertson Davies: A truly great...

Robertson Davies: A truly great...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be...

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Annie Dillard: How we spend...

Annie Dillard: How we spend...

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Source: The Writing...

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Gertrude Stein: A writer must...

Gertrude Stein: A writer must...

A writer must always try to have a philosophy and he should also have a psychology and a philology and many other...

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Honore de Balzac: The duration of...

Honore de Balzac: The duration of...

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

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Honore de Balzac: Necessity is the...

Honore de Balzac: Necessity is the...

Necessity is the spur of genius.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Natalie Clifford Barney: How many inner...

Natalie Clifford Barney: How many inner...

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.

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Douglas Coupland: Make your goals...

Douglas Coupland: Make your goals...

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse...

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Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

Margot Asquith: What a pity,...

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

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Mark Twain: A group of...

Mark Twain: A group of...

A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as...

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Mark Twain: A soiled baby,...

Mark Twain: A soiled baby,...

A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of...

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Mark Twain: A newspaper is...

Mark Twain: A newspaper is...

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about...

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