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Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Pearl Buck: When hope is...

Pearl Buck: When hope is...

When hope is taken away from the people moral degeneration follows swiftly after.

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Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Delay breeds fear.

Source: The Life I Really Lived, 1975
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul...

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Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I...

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Margaret Halsey: In some circumstances,...

Margaret Halsey: In some circumstances,...

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

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Dorothy L Sayers: Paradoxical as it...

Dorothy L Sayers: Paradoxical as it...

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in...

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Elizabeth Bowen: No object is...

Elizabeth Bowen: No object is...

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

Source: The House in Paris,...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Fate is not...

Elizabeth Bowen: Fate is not...

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

Source: The House in Paris, 1936
--...

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Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Many a truth sprang from an error.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Conquer but don't...

Conquer but don't triumph.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach,...

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Mary Webb: The well of...

Mary Webb: The well of...

The well of Providence is deep. It's the buckets we bring to it that are small.

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Mary Webb: Saddle your dreams...

Mary Webb: Saddle your dreams...

Saddle your dreams afore you ride 'ern.

Source: Precious Bane, 1924.
-- Mary...

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Harper Lee: I do much...

Harper Lee: I do much...

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking...

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Vicki Baum: You don't get...

Vicki Baum: You don't get...

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

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Jane Austen: Those who do...

Jane Austen: Those who do...

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride & Prejudice, 1813.
--...

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Jane Austen: A woman especially,...

Jane Austen: A woman especially,...

A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing any thing, should conceal it as well as she...

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Jane Austen: If it was...

Jane Austen: If it was...

'If it was not for the entail I should not mind it.' `What should not you mind?' `I should not mind anything at all.'...

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Lillian Smith: When you stop...

Lillian Smith: When you stop...

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to...

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Gloria Naylor: The last time...

Gloria Naylor: The last time...

The last time you're doing something -- knowing you're doing it for the last -- makes it even more alive than the...

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