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Kenneth Grahame: The clever men...

Kenneth Grahame: The clever men...

The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them know one half as much
As...

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Robertson Davies: If I had...

Robertson Davies: If I had...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only...

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Erica Jong: Fame means millions...

Erica Jong: Fame means millions...

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

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Rachel Field: I've seen public...

Rachel Field: I've seen public...

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.

Source: The...

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Edgar Watson Howe: People are always...

Edgar Watson Howe: People are always...

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't...

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G K Chesterton: The word good...

G K Chesterton: The word good...

The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards,...

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G K Chesterton: Truths turn into...

G K Chesterton: Truths turn into...

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

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-- G K...

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Earl Warren: If it is...

Earl Warren: If it is...

If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we...

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Felix Frankfurter: Anybody can decide...

Felix Frankfurter: Anybody can decide...

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

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Warren E Burger: For better or...

Warren E Burger: For better or...

For better or worse, editing is what editors are for; and editing is selection and choice of material. That editors...

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Albert Schweitzer: One who gains...

Albert Schweitzer: One who gains...

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome...

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Annie Dillard: I startled a...

Annie Dillard: I startled a...

I startled a weasel who startled me, and we exchanged a long glance. . . . Our eyes locked, and someone threw away the...

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W C Sellar: For every person...

W C Sellar: For every person...

For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

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W C Sellar: The Roman Conquest...

W C Sellar: The Roman Conquest...

The Roman Conquest was, however, a Good Thing, since the Britons were only natives at the...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

Marie Anne du Deffand: . ....

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable...

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Walter Benjamin: The book borrower...

Walter Benjamin: The book borrower...

The book borrower . . . proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he...

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John Dalberg Acton: There are two...

John Dalberg Acton: There are two...

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by...

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C Northcote Parkinson: The Law of...

C Northcote Parkinson: The Law of...

The Law of Triviality. . . briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse...

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Marguerite Duras: You have to...

Marguerite Duras: You have to...

You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they're...

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