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Mark Twain: George Washington, as...

Mark Twain: George Washington, as...

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even...

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Mark Twain: It usually takes...

Mark Twain: It usually takes...

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

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Mark Twain: The man who...

Mark Twain: The man who...

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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Mark Twain: She was not...

Mark Twain: She was not...

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of...

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George Eliot: Tis God gives...

George Eliot: Tis God gives...

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without...

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George Eliot: Here undoubtedly lies...

George Eliot: Here undoubtedly lies...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact,...

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy,...

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George Eliot: Our passions do...

George Eliot: Our passions do...

Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions...

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George Eliot: I at least...

George Eliot: I at least...

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We take care...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We take care...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides...

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Francis Bacon: Without friends the...

Francis Bacon: Without friends the...

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing great was...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing great was...

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Source: Essays, Circles ...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: So much of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: So much of...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The life of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The life of...

The life of man is a self-evolving circle.

Source: Circles.
-- Ralph Waldo...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The President has...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The President has...

The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are as...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are as...

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: To know how...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: To know how...

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.

Source: In Webster's...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: We must combine...

Martin Luther King, Jr: We must combine...

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: The Negro needs...

Martin Luther King, Jr: The Negro needs...

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his...

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MALEFACTOR, n. The...

MALEFACTOR, n. The...

MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.

Source: The...

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