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Robert Frost: Forgive me my...

Robert Frost: Forgive me my...

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk...

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Robert Frost: Writing free verse...

Robert Frost: Writing free verse...

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Source: Address, 17...

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Mark Twain: I am different...

Mark Twain: I am different...

I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie,...

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Mark Twain: I am admonished...

Mark Twain: I am admonished...

I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977...

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Mark Twain: No God and...

Mark Twain: No God and...

No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face...

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Mark Twain: There is no...

Mark Twain: There is no...

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

Source:...

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Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

My definition [of a philosopher] is a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine...

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George Eliot: Truth has rough...

George Eliot: Truth has rough...

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Source: Graf Dornberg, in Armgart,...

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G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

G K Chesterton: The chief assertion...

The chief assertion of religious morality is that white is a colour. Virtue is not the absence of vices or the...

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Jean Paul: The look of...

Jean Paul: The look of...

The look of a king is itself a deed.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings...

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E M Forster: Those who prepared...

E M Forster: Those who prepared...

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Artistic temperament ....

Madeleine L'Engle: Artistic temperament ....

Artistic temperament . . . sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Source:
-- Madeleine L'Engle,...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Truth is eternal,...

Madeleine L'Engle: Truth is eternal,...

Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them.

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J G Ballard: Given that external...

J G Ballard: Given that external...

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the...

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Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which...

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George Eliot: The law and...

George Eliot: The law and...

The law and medicine should be very serious professions to undertake, should they not? People's lives and fortunes...

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Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.

Source: In 2,715...

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Jane Austen: A single woman...

Jane Austen: A single woman...

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single...

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