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A quibble is...

A quibble is...

A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to...

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Every other author...

Every other author...

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative...

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If a man...

If a man...

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left...

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{It would be]...

{It would be]...

{It would be] and disastrous to force them to suppress their specifically female characteristics and abilities by...

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Marriage is the...

Marriage is the...

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty.

Source:...

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Get excited and...

Get excited and...

Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it,...

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Mountains appear more...

Mountains appear more...

Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this...

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Clever people will...

Clever people will...

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Source: In

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It is not...

It is not...

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he...

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Buying is a...

Buying is a...

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Source: In

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The compromise will...

The compromise will...

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is...

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There are only...

There are only...

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old...

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I tell you,...

I tell you,...

I tell you, the great divide is still with us, the awful split, the Us and Them. Like a rubber band tautened to the...

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Civilization is merely...

Civilization is merely...

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty...

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One cannot make...

One cannot make...

One cannot make up stories; one can only retell in new ways the stories one has already...

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An orator can...

An orator can...

An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.

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General principles are...

General principles are...

General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they...

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He is to...

He is to...

He is to the great poet, what an excellent mimic is to a great actor. There is no determinate impression left on the...

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No one ever...

No one ever...

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

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Scratch a king...

Scratch a king...

Scratch a king and find a fool!

Source: Salome's Dancing-Lesson, St. 3; in Death...

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