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"I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views."
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"To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?"
Life
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
Reading
"Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins."
Family
"The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else."
Duty
"The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it."
Money
"Silence may be as variously shaded as speech."
Silence
"Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."
Habit
"In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears."
Reflection
"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time."
Time
"Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one."
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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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Personal Development
"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."
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Personal Development
"Being is more important than doing."
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Personal Development
"You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself."
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Personal Development
"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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Personal Development
"Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit."
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Personal Development
"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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Personal Development
"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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Personal Development
"There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved."
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Personal Development
"The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything."
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Personal Development
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