"I like to read about Moses best, in th' Old Testament. He carried a hard business well through, and died when other folks were going to reap the fruits; a man must have courage to look after his life so, and think what'll come f it after he's dead and gone."

-- George Eliot

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“There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.”
“Go mad, and beat their wives; Plunge (after shocking lives) Razors and carving knives Into their gizzards.”

Source : Charles Stuart Calverley (1865). “Verses and Translations”, p.61
“I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive.”
“Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.”

Source : "De la philosophie scolastique" by Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau, p. 10, 1850.
“Okay, so maybe sometimes the real world is smiles and miracles.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.259, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it's kind of cool when you crack up a piece of writing, and then realize you wrote it. I recommend this feeling.”
“Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.”

Source : Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
“I'm like Muhammed Ali. When he said he would knock someone out in the fourth round, he did it.”

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