Jonathan Swift

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not.

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Jonathan Swift

Agatha Christie

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

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Agatha Christie

Henry David Thoreau

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.

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Henry David Thoreau

H.G. Wells

There’s nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn’t abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.

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H.G. Wells

Jane Austen

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

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Jane Austen

Anna Sewell

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.

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Anna Sewell

Robert Louis Stevenson

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Francis Bacon

All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.

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Francis Bacon

Louisa May Alcott

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

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