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3818 English Quotes

It is not what happens to people that is significant, but what they think happens to them.

What happens People Is significant They think
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There is, after all, no pleasure like that given by a woman who really wants to see you.

No pleasure That given A woman Who really wants
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Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.

Writing Combination Intangible creative Fantasy
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Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.

Literature Illuminate life Whom books A necessity
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One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy.

Passes through The world Knowing few Important things
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Human relationships flourish and decay, quickly and silently, so that those concerned scarcely know how brittle, or how inflexible, the ties that bind them have become.

Human relationship Flourish Decay Those concerned
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Women may show some discrimination about whom they sleep with, but they'll marry anybody.

Women May show Some discrimination They sleep
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Brains and hard work are of very little avail, Jenkins, unless you know the right people.

Brains Hard work Little avail You know
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A woman’s power of imitation and adaptation make her capable of confronting you with your own arguments after even the briefest acquaintance: how much more so if a state of intimacy exists

Woman's power Adaptation Her capable Confronting you
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Barnby always dismissed the idea of intelligence in a woman as no more than a characteristic to be endured.

Always dismissed The idea Intelligence A woman
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In short, the persons we see most clearly are not necessarily those we know best.

The persons We see Most clearly Not necessarily
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We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.

We Avoid Wars Physical
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All prejudices are equally fatal to good government.

Prejudices Fatal Good Government
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Long experience has told me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong.

Long Experience Criticized Wrong
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Slowly and painfully man is learning that he must do unto others what he would have them do to him.

Slowly Painfully Man Learning
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Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.

Man Master Environment Slave
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Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.

Patient Flatterer Ass Sir
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God makes all things good; Man meddles with 'em and they become evil.

God Makes All things Good
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Time lessens all extremes and reduces 'em to mediums and unconcern ...

Time Extremes Reduces Mediums
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Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Money Speaks Sense Language
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Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.

Love Ceases Pleasure Secreat
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He knew almost as much as if he had read much.

He Knew Much Read
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Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
Moments Happy Lover's Worth
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Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be Defence enough against Mortality

Here Proof Wit Defence
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Tis most evident and plain that simple Nature is the most harmless, inoffensive, and virtuous mistress.

Evident Plain Simple Nature
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Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity.

Where No Novelty There
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I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

Don't believe The public Knows It wants
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To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it

Truly laugh Be able Your pain Play
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My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

My pain The reason Somebody's laugh Never be
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A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

A tramp Gentleman Poet A dreamer
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You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile

Life Still worthwhile Just smile
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Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.
Perfect love Most beautiful All frustrations
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Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter The tonic The relief Surcease
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What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

Meaning for Life A desire
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Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’.
Words Cheap Biggest thing Elephant
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We think too much and feel too little.

We think Too much Feel Too little
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I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

The ironies Life Wrong thing Right moment
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That’s the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

The trouble The world Despise ourselves
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Imagination means nothing without doing.

Imagination Means nothing Without doing
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Life can be wonderful if you’re not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination,and a little dough.

Life Be wonderful Not afraid It takes
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I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

At peace With God My conflict With man
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The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

The mirror Best friend I cry Never laughs
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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world,not even our troubles.

Nothing Is permanent Wicked world Our troubles
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To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

To help A friend In need Is easy
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A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.

Man's true Character Comes out He's drunk
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I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.
Need drugs A genius Be human Your smile
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Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life Be wonderful People Leave you
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Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no Applause.

Life A play Allow testing Live intensely
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In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs.

The light Our egos Dethroned monarchs
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You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.

Never find A rainbow Looking down
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