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Evelyn Waugh: Punctuality is the...

Evelyn Waugh: Punctuality is the...

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Source: The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, 26 Mar...

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Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never...

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John Fowles: Our accepting what...

John Fowles: Our accepting what...

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

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Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Marquis de Sade: Happiness lies neither...

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we...

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Graham Henry Greene: Morality comes with...

Graham Henry Greene: Morality comes with...

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

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Clive Barker: There was time...

Clive Barker: There was time...

There was time for all their miracles now. For ghosts and transformations; for passion and ambiguity; for noon-day...

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Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is...

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George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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Jean Paul: The child is...

Jean Paul: The child is...

The child is not to be educated for the present, but for the remote future, and often is opposition to the immediate...

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Christopher Morley: High heels were...

Christopher Morley: High heels were...

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

Source: In...

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Mark Twain: If you tell...

Mark Twain: If you tell...

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.

Source: In 1,911 Best...

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Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things...

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Anthony Burgess: Life is a...

Anthony Burgess: Life is a...

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

Source: On Samuel...

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Jane Austen: A large income...

Jane Austen: A large income...

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Source: In The...

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James Allen: Work joyfully and...

James Allen: Work joyfully and...

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right...

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John Barth: The Bible is...

John Barth: The Bible is...

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

Source: In The...

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Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

Source:...

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Nella Larsen: She wished to...

Nella Larsen: She wished to...

She wished to find out about this hazardous business of passing, this breaking away from all that was familiar and...

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William Styron: A great book...

William Styron: A great book...

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while...

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William Gilmore Simms: He who would...

William Gilmore Simms: He who would...

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of...

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