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G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

G K Chesterton: Man seems to...

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping...

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G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

G K Chesterton: The artistic temperament...

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. . . . Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Before beginning, plan...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Before beginning, plan...

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Rashness belongs to...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Rashness belongs to...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Love of glory...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Love of glory...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.

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Otto von Bismarck: Politics is not...

Otto von Bismarck: Politics is not...

Politics is not an exact science.

Source: Speech, Prussian Chamber, 18 Dec...

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Winston Churchill: This report, by...

Winston Churchill: This report, by...

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

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Winston Churchill: We must have...

Winston Churchill: We must have...

We must have a better word than 'prefabricated'. Why not 'ready-made'?

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James Thurber: With 60 staring...

James Thurber: With 60 staring...

With 60 staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and a definite hardening of...

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Edward Dahlberg: Men are mad...

Edward Dahlberg: Men are mad...

Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. . . . The acts of people are baffling unless we realize...

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Edward Dahlberg: We are a...

Edward Dahlberg: We are a...

We are a most solitary people, and we live, repelled by one another, in the gray, outcast cities of...

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Edward Dahlberg: There is hardly...

Edward Dahlberg: There is hardly...

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively...

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Charles Dickens: Say, like those...

Charles Dickens: Say, like those...

Say, like those wicked Turks, there is no What's-his-name but Thingummy, and What-you-may-call-it is his...

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Charles Dickens: A Being, erect...

Charles Dickens: A Being, erect...

A Being, erect upon two legs, and bearing all the outward semblance of a man, and not of a...

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Charles Dickens: Something will come...

Charles Dickens: Something will come...

Something will come of this. I hope it mayn't be human gore.

Source: (Simon...

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Charles Dickens: The man who...

Charles Dickens: The man who...

The man who knows only one subject is almost as tiresome as the man who knows no subject.

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Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Charles Dickens: Literature should stand...

Literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.

Source: In Webster's...

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Charles Dickens: Accidents will occur...

Charles Dickens: Accidents will occur...

Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families.

Source: Mr. Micawber, in David...

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Charles Dickens: A friendly swarry,...

Charles Dickens: A friendly swarry,...

A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings.

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Charles Dickens: Put it down...

Charles Dickens: Put it down...

Put it down a we, my lord, put it down a we!

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 34
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