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George Eliot: I'm proof against...

George Eliot: I'm proof against...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving...

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George Eliot: One soweth and...

George Eliot: One soweth and...

One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.

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George Eliot: Opposition may become...

George Eliot: Opposition may become...

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Source:...

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George Eliot: Perhaps the most...

George Eliot: Perhaps the most...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more...

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Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Source: Pride & Prejudice/...

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Susan B Anthony: Failure is impossible....

Susan B Anthony: Failure is impossible....

Failure is impossible.

Source: In Is Woman Suffrage Progressing?, by Carrie Chapman...

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Susan B Anthony: The only question...

Susan B Anthony: The only question...

The only question left to be settled now is: are women persons?

Source:
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Rita Mae Brown: Lead me not...

Rita Mae Brown: Lead me not...

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Source: From a collection...

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Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

'House Beautiful' is the play lousy.

Source: Theater review.
-- Dorothy Parker,...

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Susan Sontag: War-making is one...

Susan Sontag: War-making is one...

War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view realistically; that is, with an eye to...

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Helen Keller: I can see,...

Helen Keller: I can see,...

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made...

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Dorothy Parker: Scratch an actor...

Dorothy Parker: Scratch an actor...

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress.

Source: Attributed.
-- Dorothy...

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Dorothy Parker: Money cannot buy...

Dorothy Parker: Money cannot buy...

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

Source:...

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Virgilia Peterson: Words have their...

Virgilia Peterson: Words have their...

Words have their genealogy, their history, their economy, their literature, their art and music, as too they have...

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Fran Lebowitz: Spilling your guts...

Fran Lebowitz: Spilling your guts...

Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds.

Source: Social...

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Helen Rowland: When a man...

Helen Rowland: When a man...

When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the...

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Simone de Beauvoir: There is no...

Simone de Beauvoir: There is no...

There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: It is eleven...

Mary Wortley Montagu: It is eleven...

It is eleven years since I have seen my figure in a glass. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable, I...

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Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!

Source: In The...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

Mary Wortley Montagu: No entertainment is...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the...

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