John Morley

The great business...

The great business...

The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

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No man can...

No man can...

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

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A proverb is...

A proverb is...

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

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Evolution is not...

Evolution is not...

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.

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There are some...

There are some...

There are some books that cannot be adequately reviewed for twenty or thirty years after they come...

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Literature, the most...

Literature, the most...

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

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Even good opinions...

Even good opinions...

Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious...

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It is not...

It is not...

It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.

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A great interpreter...

A great interpreter...

A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.

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Three things matter...

Three things matter...

Three things matter in a speech: who says it, how he says it, and what he says -- and, of the three, the last matters...

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Nature, in her...

Nature, in her...

Nature, in her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theater of the tragedy of...

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The proper memory...

The proper memory...

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows when to remember and when to forget.

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You cannot demonstrate...

You cannot demonstrate...

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

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Politics is a...

Politics is a...

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

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When it is...

When it is...

When it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of...

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Maxims and aphorisms,...

Maxims and aphorisms,...

Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most...

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In politics the...

In politics the...

In politics the choice is always between two evils.

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The essence of...

The essence of...

The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single...

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You will find...

You will find...

You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.

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Some of the...

Some of the...

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that...

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