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 | "People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading." | |
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Found in the topic Book.
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| "Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like
friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each other"s fur." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want;
and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the
second." | |
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Found in the topic Age.
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| "A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we
love keeps our affections for them from turning flat." | |
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Found in the topic Affection.
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| "Aphorisms are salted not sugared almonds at Reason?s Feast." | |
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Found in the topic Aphorism.
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| "Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained
like a madman in the padded cell of his breast." | |
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Found in the topic Author.
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| "To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave
as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay
sober." | |
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Found in the topic Wealth.
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| "The wretchedness of being rich is that you live with rich people....
To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the
rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay
sober." | |
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Found in the topic Rich.
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| "What"s more enchanting than the voices of young people, when you
can"t hear what they say?" | |
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Found in the topic Children.
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| "There is one thing that matters ? to set a chime of words tinkling
in the minds of a few fastidious people." | |
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Found in the topic Word.
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| "We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the
others we boast." | |
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Found in the topic Acquaintance.
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| "What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he
whispers." | |
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Found in the topic Speak.
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| "How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a
danger of their coming true!" | |
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Found in the topic Dream.
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| "When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are
very apt to walk straight into the gutter." | |
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Found in the topic Idea.
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| "If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your
soul." | |
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Found in the topic Leisure.
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| "How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than
60 years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?" | |
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Found in the topic Success.
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| "The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection ? even
though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano ? is what alone
gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star." | |
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Found in the topic Meaning.
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| "There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is
of no avail." | |
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Found in the topic Income.
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| "How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!" | |
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Found in the topic Scandal.
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| "Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the
proceeds." | |
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Found in the topic Soul.
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