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A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details.
Politics and the English Language (1945) -
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
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A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.
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A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
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A new word is like a fresh seed sewn on the ground of the discussion.
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A novel is a daily labor over a period of years. A novel is a job. But a story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend.
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A one-night-stander is someone who does not dare to explore the full potential of a relationship, just like a child who is afraid to go to the deep part of the pool. The latter does not want to learn how to swim, the former does not want to learn how to live.
Zire Notes May 2004 December 2006 -
A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
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A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs-jolted by every pebble in the road.
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A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
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A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
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A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.
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A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.
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A professional; is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.
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A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.
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A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
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