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James Thurber: While he was...

James Thurber: While he was...

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Source: In The...

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James Thurber: Boys are beyond...

James Thurber: Boys are beyond...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90...

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Christopher Morley: Cherish all your...

Christopher Morley: Cherish all your...

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for your old age.

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Christopher Morley: A human being,...

Christopher Morley: A human being,...

A human being, he wrote, is a whispering in the steam pipes on a cold night; dust sifted through a locked window; one...

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Christopher Morley: I had a...

Christopher Morley: I had a...

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to...

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Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

Graham Henry Greene: I have often...

I have often noticed that a bribe . . . has that effect -- it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives...

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George Eliot: Ignorance gives one...

George Eliot: Ignorance gives one...

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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George Eliot: It will never...

George Eliot: It will never...

It will never rain roses; when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The sole substitute...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The sole substitute...

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and...

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Jane Austen: From politics, it...

Jane Austen: From politics, it...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: It is a...

Jane Austen: It is a...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a...

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Jane Austen: One half the...

Jane Austen: One half the...

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: In...

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Elie Wiesel: Because I remember,...

Elie Wiesel: Because I remember,...

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

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Richard Bach: Learning is finding...

Richard Bach: Learning is finding...

Learning is finding out what you already know

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-- Richard Bach, (Jun 23...

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Richard Bach: Sooner I'd try...

Richard Bach: Sooner I'd try...

Sooner I'd try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to...

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Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Edward Dahlberg: Intellectual sodomy, which...

Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as...

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Charles Dickens: We cannot have...

Charles Dickens: We cannot have...

We cannot have single gentlemen to come into this establishment and sleep like double gentlemen without paying extra...

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Charles Dickens: He has gone...

Charles Dickens: He has gone...

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

Source: (Mr Mantalini) Nicholas Nickleby,...

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Charles Dickens: Ain't I volatile?...

Charles Dickens: Ain't I volatile?...

Ain't I volatile?

Source: (Miss Mowcher) David Copperfield, Ch. 22
-- Charles...

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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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