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"A lot of people are down on the concept of a happy ending, and it’s not a new thing. The Greeks were entertained by tragedies, Shakespeare peppered his repertoire with catastrophe, and many of the writers in Austen’s time were far more interested in philosophizing than lifting hearts. While they might not be considered beach reads nowadays, Austen’s novels were for the most part meant to be light, funny social commentary, sometimes with a slight moral agenda. The happy ending was mandatory." ~Sara Gentry, editor turned novelist. From 5 Timeless Lessons We Learned from Jane Austen
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2014-09-28 22:30:00
The more sinful and guilty a person tends to feel, the less chance there is that he will be a happy, healthy, or law-abiding citizen. He will become a compulsive wrong-doer.
Dr. Albert Ellis quotes
Dr. Albert Ellis
2014-09-29 01:10:38
The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.
Camille Paglia quotes
Camille Paglia
2014-09-29 01:10:33
There is no sanctuary of virtue like home.
Edward Everett quotes
Edward Everett
2014-09-29 01:10:21
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction. -Jawaharlal Nehru
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction. -Jawaharlal Nehru
2014-09-29 01:10:03
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. -Jean Rostand
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. -Jean Rostand
2014-09-28 22:10:03
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them. -Jean Jacques Rousseau
2014-09-28 19:10:07
A man who cannot make mistakes cannot do anything. -Bernard Magazine
A man who cannot make mistakes cannot do anything. -Bernard Magazine
2014-09-28 16:10:02
Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites.
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2014-09-28 13:10:09
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches. -Robert Frost
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches. -Robert Frost
2014-09-28 13:10:03
"Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest" - William Shakespeare
"Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest" - William Shakespeare
2014-09-28 12:06:15
Love is lame at fifty years. -Thomas Hardy
Love is lame at fifty years. -Thomas Hardy
2014-09-28 10:10:03
"Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power." - Benjamin Disraeli
"Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power." - Benjamin Disraeli
2014-09-28 06:03:53
Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love. -William Shakespeare
Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of love. -William Shakespeare
2014-09-28 04:10:03
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
Ludwig Borne quotes
Ludwig Borne
2014-09-28 02:10:19
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Brian Tracy quotes
Brian Tracy
2014-09-28 02:10:13
It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history.
Renata Adler quotes
Renata Adler
2014-09-28 02:10:09
"One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it." - Sun Tzu
"One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it." - Sun Tzu
2014-09-28 01:06:50
Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. -Joseph Addison
Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. -Joseph Addison
2014-09-28 01:10:03
Nimm einem Durchschnittsmenschen seine Lebenslüge, so nimmst du ihm zugleich sein Glück. (Henrik Ibsen)
Nimm einem Durchschnittsmenschen seine Lebenslüge,
2014-09-28 00:10:36
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