"A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve."

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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."

Dean Koontz, American Author

People, Books, Gifts

"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."

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"The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously."

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"Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."

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"One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet."

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"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."

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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."

"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."

"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

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"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."

"The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously."

"Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."

"One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet."

"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."

"Misery is almost always the result of thinking."

"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."

"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress."

"You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you."

"The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk."