Quote #2648
Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
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Too many people overvalue what they are, and undervalue what they are not.
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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
Quote #16862
Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
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For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don’t...
Quote #9021
The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you...
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The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five- year-old men...
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The greater love is a mother’s then comes a dog’s then a sweetheart’s.
Quote #27723
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Quote #17427
Everything a human being wants can be divided into four components love, adventure, power...