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Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Source: Ellen Dean,...

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Anna Sewell: I am never...

Anna Sewell: I am never...

I am never afraid of what I know.

Source: Black Beauty, 1877.
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Anna Sewell: We call them...

Anna Sewell: We call them...

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because...

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Daphne DuMaurier: Life and death...

Daphne DuMaurier: Life and death...

Life and death do not wait for legal action.

Source: My Cousin Rachel, 1952.
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Vance Palmer: Anyone who takes...

Vance Palmer: Anyone who takes...

Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense. ....

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Susan Warner: He who serves...

Susan Warner: He who serves...

He who serves God with what costs him nothing, will do very little service, you may depend on...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: In our country...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: In our country...

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

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Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Thomas Wolfe: Is this not...

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping...

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Jane Austen: One cannot be...

Jane Austen: One cannot be...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

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Jane Austen: Business, you know,...

Jane Austen: Business, you know,...

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Source: Emma,...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Man only likes...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Man only likes...

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Source: Notes...

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Edward Westcott: They say a...

Edward Westcott: They say a...

They say a reasonable amount 'o fleas is good fer a dog -- keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog,...

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Edward Dahlberg: The bad poet...

Edward Dahlberg: The bad poet...

The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature.

Source: The Carnal Myth, ch. 5...

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Gloria Naylor: One should be...

Gloria Naylor: One should be...

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire...

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Gay Talese: The reporter ....

Gay Talese: The reporter ....

The reporter . . . wrote with the hope that he would get a by-line in the Times, a testimony to his being alive on...

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Christopher Morley: The courage of...

Christopher Morley: The courage of...

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Source:...

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Rufus Choate: Neither irony nor...

Rufus Choate: Neither irony nor...

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Dean Acheson: Always remember that...

Dean Acheson: Always remember that...

Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.

Source: Sketches From...

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Demosthenes: The readiest and...

Demosthenes: The readiest and...

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

Source:...

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