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Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Charles Dickens: Papa, potatoes, poultry,...

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips; especially prunes and...

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Charles Dickens: Rather a tough...

Charles Dickens: Rather a tough...

Rather a tough customer in argeyment, Joe, if anybody was to try and tackle him.

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Charles Dickens: It's my old...

Charles Dickens: It's my old...

It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be...

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Charles Dickens: It was the...

Charles Dickens: It was the...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it...

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Charles Dickens: Do you spell...

Charles Dickens: Do you spell...

'Do you spell it with a `V' or a `W'?' inquired the judge. `That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my...

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Charles Dickens: Wery glad to...

Charles Dickens: Wery glad to...

Wery glad to see you indeed, and hope our acquaintance may be a long 'un, as the gen'l'm'n said to the fi' pun'...

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Charles Dickens: A lady of...

Charles Dickens: A lady of...

A lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper -- a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably...

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Charles Dickens: I have known...

Charles Dickens: I have known...

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that...

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Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Eccentricities of genius.

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 30
-- Charles Dickens,...

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, This is what I believe. Finished. What I believe is...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To create a...

Madeleine L'Engle: To create a...

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and...

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

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George Eliot: For character too...

George Eliot: For character too...

For character too is a process and an unfolding. . . among our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a...

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George Eliot: In the vain...

George Eliot: In the vain...

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Source: Romola, bk....

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George Eliot: Is it not...

George Eliot: Is it not...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and...

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George Eliot: With memory set...

George Eliot: With memory set...

With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of...

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George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

Abroad, that large home of ruined reputations.

Source: Felix Holt, Epilogue...

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George Eliot: A woman's hopes...

George Eliot: A woman's hopes...

A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.

Source: 'Felix...

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George Eliot: Plainness has its...

George Eliot: Plainness has its...

Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty.

Source: In...

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