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Arthur Conan Doyle: It is a...

Arthur Conan Doyle: It is a...

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: I consider that...

Arthur Conan Doyle: I consider that...

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: From a drop...

Arthur Conan Doyle: From a drop...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard...

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Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice...

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Erica Jong: Jealousy is all...

Erica Jong: Jealousy is all...

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Source: Fear of Flying, 1973
--...

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George Moore: The difficulty in...

George Moore: The difficulty in...

The difficulty in life is the choice.

Source: The Bending of the Bough, [1900], act...

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Edgar Watson Howe: I never met...

Edgar Watson Howe: I never met...

I never met a man so mean that I was not willing he should admire me.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: The road from...

G K Chesterton: The road from...

The road from heaven to Hereford
Where the apple wood of Hereford
Goes all the way to...

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G K Chesterton: A great deal...

G K Chesterton: A great deal...

A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying: `Of course I do not like green cheese: I am very...

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Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place...

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Margot Asquith: No one ever...

Margot Asquith: No one ever...

No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days,...

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Mark Twain: When a person...

Mark Twain: When a person...

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other...

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Mark Twain: By law of...

Mark Twain: By law of...

By law of periodical repetition, everything which has happened once must happen again and again -- and not...

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Mark Twain: All say, 'How...

Mark Twain: All say, 'How...

All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to...

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Mark Twain: Heaven goes by...

Mark Twain: Heaven goes by...

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

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Mark Twain: Humor is tragedy...

Mark Twain: Humor is tragedy...

Humor is tragedy plus time.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US...

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Mark Twain: Ignorant people think...

Mark Twain: Ignorant people think...

Ignorant people think it's the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it's the...

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Mark Twain: It could probably...

Mark Twain: It could probably...

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except...

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Mark Twain: It is a...

Mark Twain: It is a...

It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation,...

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Mark Twain: Nothing helps scenery...

Mark Twain: Nothing helps scenery...

Nothing helps scenery like ham and eggs.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...

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