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Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Emily Post: Nothing is less...

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is...

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Ruth Draper: You see --...

Ruth Draper: You see --...

You see -- he's got a perfectly new idea. He never sees his patients. He's not interested in individuals, he prefers...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a rare plant, that seldom takes root on earth -- few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Borrowed thoughts, like...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Borrowed thoughts, like...

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

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Gretel Ehrlich: To rise above...

Gretel Ehrlich: To rise above...

To rise above tree line is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into birdsong, bog orchids, willows, and...

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All that is...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All that is...

All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . ....

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Anne Frank: If I read...

Anne Frank: If I read...

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in hand before I mix with other people; otherwise...

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Barbara Sher: Doing your own...

Barbara Sher: Doing your own...

Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best...

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Judith Martin: Allowing an unimportant...

Judith Martin: Allowing an unimportant...

Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.

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Judith Crist: Amid all the...

Judith Crist: Amid all the...

Amid all the easily loved darlings of Charlie Brown's circle, obstreperous Lucy holds a special place in my heart. She...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The loneliness you...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The loneliness you...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's...

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Simone de Beauvoir: One is not...

Simone de Beauvoir: One is not...

One is not born a genius. One becomes a genius.

Source: The Second Sex,...

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Virgilia Peterson: In Reno [Nevada],...

Virgilia Peterson: In Reno [Nevada],...

In Reno [Nevada], there is always a bull market, never a bear market for the stocks and bonds of...

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Grace Paley: You know the...

Grace Paley: You know the...

You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.

Source: Enormous...

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Grace Paley: . . ....

Grace Paley: . . ....

. . . people will sometimes say, Why don't you write more politics? And I have to explain to them that writing the...

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Lynn Caine: After my husband...

Lynn Caine: After my husband...

After my husband died, I felt like one of those spiraled shells washed upon the beach . . . Poke a straw through the...

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Phyllis George: Crafts make us...

Phyllis George: Crafts make us...

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create...

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Brenda Ueland: So you see...

Brenda Ueland: So you see...

So you see the imagination needs moodling, - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and...

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Miriam Beard: Wherever we go,...

Miriam Beard: Wherever we go,...

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as the bizarre. Things astonish us,...

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Katherine F Gerould: Civilization is merely...

Katherine F Gerould: Civilization is merely...

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty...

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