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Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Anthony Powell: Growing old's like...

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

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Taylor Caldwell: Contrary to general...

Taylor Caldwell: Contrary to general...

Contrary to general opinion, women are not so sentimental as men, but are much more...

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Mark Twain: When a person...

Mark Twain: When a person...

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other...

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Salman Rushdie: Sometimes legends make...

Salman Rushdie: Sometimes legends make...

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts.

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Salman Rushdie: Writers and politicians...

Salman Rushdie: Writers and politicians...

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the...

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Evelyn Waugh: Professional reviewers read...

Evelyn Waugh: Professional reviewers read...

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I am who...

I am who I choose to be. I always have been what I chose?though not always what I pleased....

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Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

Lois McMaster Bujold: I don't confuse...

I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow isthe higher achievement.

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Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

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Peter De Vries: I write when...

Peter De Vries: I write when...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every...

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James Thurber: It is better...

James Thurber: It is better...

It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.

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Rumer Godden: For a dyed-in-the-wool...

Rumer Godden: For a dyed-in-the-wool...

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. . . . She is rather like a cat whose...

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John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

John LeCarre: Love is whatever...

Love is whatever you can still betray ... Betrayal can only happen if you love.

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Nelson Algren: The Impossible Generalized...

Nelson Algren: The Impossible Generalized...

The Impossible Generalized Man is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

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Plato: Arguments derived from...

Plato: Arguments derived from...

Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.

Source: Phaedo.
-- Plato, (May 21...

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Plutarch: The omission of...

Plutarch: The omission of...

The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

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George Santayana: Work and love...

George Santayana: Work and love...

Work and love -- these are the basics; waking life is a dream controlled.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: It is always...

Friedrich Nietzsche: It is always...

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.

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Mahatma Gandhi: Truth never damages...

Mahatma Gandhi: Truth never damages...

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Source: Non-Violence in Peace and War,...

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