Quote #1279
“Familiarity breeds contempt – and children.
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We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to...
Quote #10737
Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth.
Quote #27881
Humans always have fear of an unknown situation — this is normal. The important...
Quote #2466
Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.
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To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would...
Quote #17721
To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering...
Quote #27923
Courage, her mother had once told her, was not simply the fact that you...
Quote #13171
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We...
Quote #32071
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down...