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Charles Dickens: What is the...

Charles Dickens: What is the...

What is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never...

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E L Konigsburg: Some days you...

E L Konigsburg: Some days you...

Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .

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Margery Allingham: I am one...

Margery Allingham: I am one...

I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs...

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Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.

Source: In Words of Women...

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G K Chesterton: The present condition...

G K Chesterton: The present condition...

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Source:
-- G K Chesterton,...

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Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Barbara Tuchman: Books are the...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought...

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James Harvey Robinson: We find it...

James Harvey Robinson: We find it...

We find it hard to believe that other people' s thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably...

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John Dalberg Acton: Opinions alter, manners...

John Dalberg Acton: Opinions alter, manners...

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of...

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C Northcote Parkinson: The man whose...

C Northcote Parkinson: The man whose...

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his...

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Gertrude Stein: Remarks are not...

Gertrude Stein: Remarks are not...

Remarks are not literature.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Honore de Balzac: Journalism is a...

Honore de Balzac: Journalism is a...

Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.

Source: Droll...

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Samuel Smiles: The wise man....

Samuel Smiles: The wise man....

The wise man. . . if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

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Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: From a drop...

Arthur Conan Doyle: From a drop...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard...

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Wilhelm von Humboldt: True enjoyment comes...

Wilhelm von Humboldt: True enjoyment comes...

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever...

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A E Housman: From far, from...

A E Housman: From far, from...

From far, from eve and morning
And yon twelve-winded sky,
The stuff of life to knit me
Blew hither: here am...

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S I Hayakawa: It is the...

S I Hayakawa: It is the...

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding...

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S I Hayakawa: How anybody dresses...

S I Hayakawa: How anybody dresses...

How anybody dresses is indicative of his self-concept. If students are dirty and ragged, it indicates they are not...

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Roger W Babson: It takes a...

Roger W Babson: It takes a...

It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.

Source: In Wisdom...

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