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G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

G K Chesterton: Merrily taking twopenny...

Merrily taking twopenny ale and cheese with a pocket knife;
But these were luxuries not for him who went for the...

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G K Chesterton: Lying in bed...

G K Chesterton: Lying in bed...

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a coloured pencil long enough to...

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G K Chesterton: No one can...

G K Chesterton: No one can...

No one can understand Paris and its history who does not understand that its fierceness is the balance and...

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G K Chesterton: And goodness only...

G K Chesterton: And goodness only...

And goodness only knowses
The Noselessness of Man.


Source: The Song of...

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G K Chesterton: Smile at us,...

G K Chesterton: Smile at us,...

Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget. For we are the people of England, that never have spoken...

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G K Chesterton: Compromise used to...

G K Chesterton: Compromise used to...

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that...

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E B White: Weather is a...

E B White: Weather is a...

Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society -- things can look dark, then a break shows...

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Charles Dickens: I only ask...

Charles Dickens: I only ask...

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

Source: 'Bleak House'
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Charles Dickens: Wery good power...

Charles Dickens: Wery good power...

Wery good power o' suction, Sammy . . . You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that...

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Charles Dickens: Cows are my...

Charles Dickens: Cows are my...

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by...

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Charles Dickens: Circumstances beyond my...

Charles Dickens: Circumstances beyond my...

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

Source: (Mr Micawber) David...

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Charles Dickens: I am always...

Charles Dickens: I am always...

I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the...

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Charles Dickens: Stranger, pause and...

Charles Dickens: Stranger, pause and...

Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, Canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush...

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Charles Dickens: They are so...

Charles Dickens: They are so...

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet...

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Charles Dickens: Annual income twenty...

Charles Dickens: Annual income twenty...

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds,...

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Charles Dickens: The word of...

Charles Dickens: The word of...

The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.

Source: In...

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Charles Dickens: Subdue your appetites,...

Charles Dickens: Subdue your appetites,...

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

Source: Mr....

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Charles Dickens: It was as...

Charles Dickens: It was as...

It was as true as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them.

Source: Mr. Barkis, in...

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Madeleine L'Engle: She seems to...

Madeleine L'Engle: She seems to...

She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in...

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George Eliot: Harold, like the...

George Eliot: Harold, like the...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct...

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