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Agatha Christie: The human mind...

Agatha Christie: The human mind...

The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will,...

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Katherine Paterson: Peace is not...

Katherine Paterson: Peace is not...

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out...

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Ruth Benedict: I haven't strength...

Ruth Benedict: I haven't strength...

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

Source: In An Anthropologist at...

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Anita Loos: I really think...

Anita Loos: I really think...

I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very, very...

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George Eliot: One must be...

George Eliot: One must be...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 2, ch. 17...

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George Eliot: Harold, like the...

George Eliot: Harold, like the...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct...

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George Eliot: The finest language...

George Eliot: The finest language...

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Source: In The...

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George Eliot: Of a truth,...

George Eliot: Of a truth,...

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may...

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George Eliot: You have such...

George Eliot: You have such...

You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem...

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George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

George Eliot: Sympathetic people often...

Sympathetic people often don't communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own...

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George Eliot: Blessed is the...

George Eliot: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not...

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Jane Austen: A man ....

Jane Austen: A man ....

A man . . . must have a very good opinion of himself when he asks people to leave their own fireside, and encounter...

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Jane Austen: I am afraid...

Jane Austen: I am afraid...

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A great idea...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A great idea...

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas...

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Johanna Spyri: She knows what...

Johanna Spyri: She knows what...

She knows what she sees. She has her eyes in the right place.

Source: Heidi, Ch....

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Madeleine L'Engle: Be aware that...

Madeleine L'Engle: Be aware that...

Be aware that rigidity imprisons.

Source:
-- Madeleine L'Engle, (Nov 28...

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George Eliot: If you could...

George Eliot: If you could...

If you could make a pudding wi' thinking o' the batter, it 'ud be easy getting dinner.

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Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

Gertrude Stein: The contemporary thing...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that...

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Emily Dickinson: No Life can...

Emily Dickinson: No Life can...

No Life can pompless pass away --
The lowliest career
To the same Pageant wends its way
As that exalted here...

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