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Charles Dickens: Experientia does it...

Charles Dickens: Experientia does it...

Experientia does it - as papa used to say.

Source: (Mrs Micawber) David...

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Charles Dickens: Wich is your...

Charles Dickens: Wich is your...

Wich is your partickler wanity? Wich wanity do you like the flavour on best, sir?

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Charles Dickens: He had but...

Charles Dickens: He had but...

He had but one eye and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two.

Source: (Mr...

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Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Margaret Atwood: Canada was built...

Margaret Atwood: Canada was built...

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Source: National Public Radio Interview/...

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Margaret Atwood: If I were...

Margaret Atwood: If I were...

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints...

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Only a man...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Only a man...

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a...

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Otto von Bismarck: When you say...

Otto von Bismarck: When you say...

When you say that you agree to a thing on principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it...

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Winston Churchill: Men occasionally stumble...

Winston Churchill: Men occasionally stumble...

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Confidence is that...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Confidence is that...

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: In everything truth...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: In everything truth...

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: It is a...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: It is a...

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: A man's own...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: A man's own...

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Source: In Correct...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: We are motivated...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: We are motivated...

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: When you are...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: When you are...

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third...

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Thomas Carlyle: Perseverance is patience...

Thomas Carlyle: Perseverance is patience...

Perseverance is patience concentrated.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Thomas Carlyle: Secrecy is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Secrecy is the...

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

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Thomas Carlyle: The first duty...

Thomas Carlyle: The first duty...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

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Thomas Carlyle: The only happiness...

Thomas Carlyle: The only happiness...

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work...

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Thomas Carlyle: The greatest event...

Thomas Carlyle: The greatest event...

The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.

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