Category: Quote of the Day

Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a compunctious throb, that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies moldering before him? Discuss

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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. Discuss

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Love is…the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. Discuss

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Success comes to a writer, as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed. Discuss

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It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. Discuss

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In some ways, you know, people that don’t exist, are much nicer than people that do. Discuss

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One always tends to overpraise a long book because one has got through it.

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I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man.

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