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George Eliot: Human beings must...

George Eliot: Human beings must...

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

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Edward Dahlberg: Nothing in our...

Edward Dahlberg: Nothing in our...

Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.

Source: Alms for...

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Charles Dickens: It opens the...

Charles Dickens: It opens the...

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry...

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Charles Dickens: Ven you're a...

Charles Dickens: Ven you're a...

Ven you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things you don't understand now; but vether it's...

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Charles Dickens: I wants to...

Charles Dickens: I wants to...

I wants to make your flesh creep.

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 8
-- Charles...

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James Thurber: There are two...

James Thurber: There are two...

There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

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James Thurber: Laughter need not...

James Thurber: Laughter need not...

Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.

Source: On...

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G K Chesterton: White founts falling...

G K Chesterton: White founts falling...

White founts falling in the courts of the sun,
And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they...

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G K Chesterton: The poor have...

G K Chesterton: The poor have...

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at...

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G K Chesterton: Most Americans are...

G K Chesterton: Most Americans are...

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent...

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G K Chesterton: With any recovery...

G K Chesterton: With any recovery...

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

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G K Chesterton: Individually, men may...

G K Chesterton: Individually, men may...

Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping and scheming. But humanity as a...

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G K Chesterton: Where does a...

G K Chesterton: Where does a...

Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the...

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G K Chesterton: If an angel...

G K Chesterton: If an angel...

If an angel out of heaven
Brings you other things to drink,
Thank him for his kind attentions,
Go and pour...

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G K Chesterton: Those thinkers who...

G K Chesterton: Those thinkers who...

Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for...

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G K Chesterton: An artist will...

G K Chesterton: An artist will...

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

Source: ``The Dagger with...

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Winston Churchill: For myself I...

Winston Churchill: For myself I...

For myself I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

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Winston Churchill: From now on,...

Winston Churchill: From now on,...

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not...

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Winston Churchill: Broadly speaking, human...

Winston Churchill: Broadly speaking, human...

Broadly speaking, human beings may be divided into 3 classes: those who are billed to death, those who are worried to...

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Winston Churchill: Golf is a...

Winston Churchill: Golf is a...

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed...

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