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Mark Twain: We never become...

Mark Twain: We never become...

We never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead -- and not then until we have been...

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Mark Twain: Woman is unrivaled...

Mark Twain: Woman is unrivaled...

Woman is unrivaled as a wet nurse.

Source: Woman -- an Opinion, speech, to...

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George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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George Eliot: The intense happiness...

George Eliot: The intense happiness...

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and...

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George Eliot: It is generally...

George Eliot: It is generally...

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of...

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George Eliot: For what we...

George Eliot: For what we...

For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities -- a willing movement of...

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Charles Dickens: Let us be...

Charles Dickens: Let us be...

Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch....

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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: The question about...

Charles Dickens: The question about...

The question about everything was, would it bring a blush to the cheek of a young person?

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Charles Dickens: I am afeered...

Charles Dickens: I am afeered...

I am afeered that werges on the poetical, Sammy.

Source: Said by Sam Weller....

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Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Charles Dickens: Grief never mended...

Grief never mended no broken bones, and as good people's wery scarce, what I says is, make the most on...

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James Thurber: Then, with that...

James Thurber: Then, with that...

Then, with that faint fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud...

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Mark Twain: Why is it...

Mark Twain: Why is it...

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person...

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Edward Dahlberg: No people require...

Edward Dahlberg: No people require...

No people require maxims so much as the American. The reason is obvious: the country is so vast, the people always...

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Charles Dickens: Minds, like bodies,...

Charles Dickens: Minds, like bodies,...

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...

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Charles Dickens: Reflect upon your...

Charles Dickens: Reflect upon your...

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes -- of which all men...

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Edward Dahlberg: The earnings of...

Edward Dahlberg: The earnings of...

The earnings of a poet could be reckoned by a metaphysician rather than a bookkeeper.

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Charles Dickens: Nature gives to...

Charles Dickens: Nature gives to...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the...

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Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Charles Dickens: Here's the rule...

Here's the rule for bargains: Do other men, for they would do you. That's the true business...

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