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Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Source: In Webster's...

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Dorothy Parker: I'd like to...

Dorothy Parker: I'd like to...

I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Who waits until...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Who waits until...

Who waits until the wind shall silent keep.
Will never find the ready hour to sow.


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Helen Hunt Jackson: Who longest waits...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Who longest waits...

Who longest waits most surely wins.

Source: In The Book of Positive Quotations, by...

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Susan Sontag: Anything in history...

Susan Sontag: Anything in history...

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward...

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Susan Sontag: Industrial societies turn...

Susan Sontag: Industrial societies turn...

Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution....

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Susan Sontag: Tamed as it...

Susan Sontag: Tamed as it...

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness -- pushing us at intervals...

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Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

Barbara Cartland: The right diet...

The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

George Eliot: Ignorance. . ....

Ignorance. . . is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with...

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George Eliot: There are glances...

George Eliot: There are glances...

There are glances of hatred that stab, and raise no cry of murder.

Source: Felix...

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George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Hatred is like...

George Eliot: Hatred is like...

Hatred is like fire; it makes even light rubbish deadly.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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Annie Dillard: We wake, if...

Annie Dillard: We wake, if...

We wake, if we ever wake at all, to mystery, rumors of death, beauty, violence.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: The bitterest tears...

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: We are educated...

Mary Wortley Montagu: We are educated...

We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above...

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P D James: Life had taught...

P D James: Life had taught...

Life had taught hm that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven.

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Helen Keller: No matter how...

Helen Keller: No matter how...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable...

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Helen Keller: To keep our...

Helen Keller: To keep our...

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength...

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Erma Bombeck: When my kids...

Erma Bombeck: When my kids...

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb...

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