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Anatole France: Man is so...

Anatole France: Man is so...

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labour by taking up...

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Charles Simmons: Both mind and...

Charles Simmons: Both mind and...

Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Elizabeth Bowen: Some people are...

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

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Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Fiction is [a form of writing which] reveals truths that reality obscures.

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William McFee: A man must...

William McFee: A man must...

A man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting...

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Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Ian Fleming: Once is happenstance,...

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.

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Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with...

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Robertson Davies: The most original...

Robertson Davies: The most original...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: In youth we...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: In youth we...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Source: Aphorisms, 1905.
-- Marie von...

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Fay Weldon: You end up...

Fay Weldon: You end up...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you...

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Max Eastman: A joke is...

Max Eastman: A joke is...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible...

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Coleman Young: We need to...

Coleman Young: We need to...

We need to dream big dreams, propose grandiose means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we...

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Coleman Young: I've learned over...

Coleman Young: I've learned over...

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the...

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Paul Sweeney: You know you've...

Paul Sweeney: You know you've...

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a...

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Michael Foot: Men of power...

Michael Foot: Men of power...

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

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John Bright: The Angel of...

John Bright: The Angel of...

The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land: you may almost hear the beating of his...

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Charles II: Brother, I am...

Charles II: Brother, I am...

Brother, I am too old to go again to my travels.

Source: Referring to his exile,...

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Charles V: Fortune has something...

Charles V: Fortune has something...

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further...

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Nancy Reagan: I have been...

Nancy Reagan: I have been...

I have been very happy with my homes, but homes really are no more than the people who live in...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: A being so...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: A being so...

A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.

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