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Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
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Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.
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The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
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The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
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The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.
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The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
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The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.
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The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
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The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.
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The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
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The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
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The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.
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There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.
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There are families of every kind. I think a lot of people are struggling to make sense of their identity in a very complicated world.
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There are no more ideologies in the authentic sense of false consciousness, only advertisements for the world through its duplication and the provocative lie which does not seek belief but commands silence.
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There are so many songs out there in the world that - if I know we have to come up with a new cover, then I'll just sit in my room and sing song after song and figure out which one I can kind of sing the best.
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