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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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George Eliot: It is possible...

George Eliot: It is possible...

It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the...

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George Eliot: One way of...

George Eliot: One way of...

One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their...

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George Eliot: It is easy...

George Eliot: It is easy...

It is easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

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Jane Austen: Single women have...

Jane Austen: Single women have...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of...

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Jane Austen: There is safety...

Jane Austen: There is safety...

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

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Hannah Arendt: War has ....

Hannah Arendt: War has ....

War has . . . become a luxury which only the small nations can afford.

Source: In...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.

Source: In Samples...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Wounded vanity knows...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Wounded vanity knows...

Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride...

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Rita Mae Brown: You can't be...

Rita Mae Brown: You can't be...

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

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-- Rita Mae...

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George Eliot: The egoism which...

George Eliot: The egoism which...

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied,...

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George Eliot: But most of...

George Eliot: But most of...

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing...

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Jane Austen: It is a...

Jane Austen: It is a...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a...

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Jane Austen: One half the...

Jane Austen: One half the...

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: In...

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Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

Margaret Drabble: The human mind...

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

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Madeleine L'Engle: We have much...

Madeleine L'Engle: We have much...

We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The obstinacy of...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The obstinacy of...

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.

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Fran Lebowitz: Do not allow...

Fran Lebowitz: Do not allow...

Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.

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Fran Lebowitz: The telephone is...

Fran Lebowitz: The telephone is...

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

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