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George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

George Eliot: Excellence encourages one...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the...

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Indira Gandhi: I suppose leadership...

Indira Gandhi: I suppose leadership...

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with...

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Nancy Astor: It isn't the...

Nancy Astor: It isn't the...

It isn't the common man at all who is important; it's the uncommon man.

Source:...

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Jane Austen: A single woman...

Jane Austen: A single woman...

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single...

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Jane Austen: There is nothing...

Jane Austen: There is nothing...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Source: In The Harper Book...

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Jane Austen: A person who...

Jane Austen: A person who...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Source: Miss...

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Lillian Smith: The human heart...

Lillian Smith: The human heart...

The human heart does not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish that...

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Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: But to some...

But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children,...

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Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

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Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

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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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Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading-
It vexes me to choose another guide.


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Helene Deutsch: It is no...

Helene Deutsch: It is no...

It is no exaggeration to say that among all living creatures, only man, because of his prehensile appendages, is...

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Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man...

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Judy Blume: Let children read...

Judy Blume: Let children read...

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't...

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Judy Blume: Then again, maybe...

Judy Blume: Then again, maybe...

Then again, maybe I won't.

Source: Book title, 1971.
-- Judy Blume, (Feb 12...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

Source: In...

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Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

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Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and...

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Lydia M Child: The eye of...

Lydia M Child: The eye of...

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

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