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All government, in...

All government, in...

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man.

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Pleasure is very...

Pleasure is very...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected...

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The booksellers are...

The booksellers are...

The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men.

Source: Life of Johnson, (J....

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The happiest conversation...

The happiest conversation...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered but a general effect of pleasing...

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The blaze of...

The blaze of...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as...

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They are forced...

They are forced...

They are forced plants, raised in a hot-bed; and they are poor plants; they are but cucumbers after...

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Your levellers wish...

Your levellers wish...

Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to...

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Jane Austen: You have delighted...

Jane Austen: You have delighted...

You have delighted us long enough.

Source: Pride and Prejudice, Ch. 18
-- Jane...

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Elie Wiesel: We have to...

Elie Wiesel: We have to...

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something...

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James Allen: He who would...

James Allen: He who would...

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would...

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Richard Bach: Two things I...

Richard Bach: Two things I...

Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else's list. I felt like...

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Richard Bach: The way to...

Richard Bach: The way to...

The way to avoid responsibility is to say, I've got responsibilities.

Source: In...

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Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Mary McCarthy: Bureacracy, the rule...

Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

Source:...

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Edward Dahlberg: There is hardly...

Edward Dahlberg: There is hardly...

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively...

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Charles Dickens: Educating the natives...

Charles Dickens: Educating the natives...

Educating the natives of Borrioboola-Gha, on the left bank of the Niger.

Source:...

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Jean Paul: The child is...

Jean Paul: The child is...

The child is not to be educated for the present, but for the remote future, and often is opposition to the immediate...

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Jean Paul: The timid are...

Jean Paul: The timid are...

The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after...

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P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

P G Wodehouse: The Right Hon....

The Right Hon. was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say...

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P G Wodehouse: While not exactly...

P G Wodehouse: While not exactly...

While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled.

Source: The Code...

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P G Wodehouse: It was my...

P G Wodehouse: It was my...

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical...

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