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Mark Twain: As a thinker...

Mark Twain: As a thinker...

As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts...

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Mark Twain: O Lord our...

Mark Twain: O Lord our...

O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields...

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Mark Twain: As to the...

Mark Twain: As to the...

As to the Adjective: when in doubt, strike it out.

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson's...

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E M Forster: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...

E M Forster: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of...

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Edward Dahlberg: No people require...

Edward Dahlberg: No people require...

No people require maxims so much as the American. The reason is obvious: the country is so vast, the people always...

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Charles Dickens: Subscribe to our...

Charles Dickens: Subscribe to our...

Subscribe to our noble society for providing the infant negroes in the West Indies with flannel waistcoats and moral...

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Charles Dickens: She's the only...

Charles Dickens: She's the only...

She's the only sylph I ever saw, who could stand upon one leg, and play the tambourine on her other knee, like a...

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Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Our backs is easy ris. We must be cracked-up, or they rises, and we snarls. We shows our teeth, I tell you, fierce....

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Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Oh Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi!

Source: (Mr Weller) Pickwick Papers,...

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Charles Dickens: It was a...

Charles Dickens: It was a...

It was a maxim with Foxey - our revered father, gentlemen - 'Always suspect everybody'.

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Charles Dickens: Meaty jelly, too,...

Charles Dickens: Meaty jelly, too,...

Meaty jelly, too, especially when a little salt, which is the case when there's ham, is mellering to the...

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Charles Dickens: Oh the nerves,...

Charles Dickens: Oh the nerves,...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures...

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Charles Dickens: Never close your...

Charles Dickens: Never close your...

Never close your lips to those to whom you've opened your heart.

Source: In...

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Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Charles Dickens: Yes I have...

Yes I have a pair of eyes,' replied Sam, 'and that's just it. If they was a pair o' patent double million magnifyin'...

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George Eliot: If we use...

George Eliot: If we use...

If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a...

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Jane Austen: From this day...

Jane Austen: From this day...

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. - Your mother will never see you again if you do not...

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Jane Austen: Human nature is...

Jane Austen: Human nature is...

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either...

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Jane Austen: In nine cases...

Jane Austen: In nine cases...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

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Jane Austen: We met ....

Jane Austen: We met ....

We met . . . Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be...

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Jane Austen: The little bit...

Jane Austen: The little bit...

The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much...

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