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Arthur Conan Doyle: It is quite...

Arthur Conan Doyle: It is quite...

It is quite a three-pipe problem.

Source: The Red-Headed League.
-- Arthur Conan...

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Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really...

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George Moore: Nothing is more...

George Moore: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more depressing than the conviction that one is not a hero.

Source: In...

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Edgar Watson Howe: No man would...

Edgar Watson Howe: No man would...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: But there is...

G K Chesterton: But there is...

But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen
Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal...

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Robertson Davies: Fanaticism is ....

Robertson Davies: Fanaticism is ....

Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.

Source: The Manticore, Viking...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Whipping and abuse...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Whipping and abuse...

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities...

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Ralph Ellison: When I discover...

Ralph Ellison: When I discover...

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed....

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Honore de Balzac: Modesty is the...

Honore de Balzac: Modesty is the...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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-- Honore de Balzac, (May 20...

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Honore de Balzac: Friendships last when...

Honore de Balzac: Friendships last when...

Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

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Honore de Balzac: Men are so...

Honore de Balzac: Men are so...

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

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Honore de Balzac: Nature makes only...

Honore de Balzac: Nature makes only...

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Source: In The...

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Mark Twain: We ought never...

Mark Twain: We ought never...

We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.

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

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E M Forster: The most successful...

E M Forster: The most successful...

The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Envy is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Envy is the...

Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Heartily know,<br>When half-gods...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Heartily know,
When half-gods...

Heartily know,
When half-gods go,
The gods arrive.


Source: Give All to...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Hitch your wagon...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Hitch your wagon...

Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Government has come...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Government has come...

Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: I suffer whenever...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: I suffer whenever...

I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Great geniuses have...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Great geniuses have...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Source: Representative Men, Plato;...

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