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“Men are misers, and women prodigal, in affection.”

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Alphonse de Lamartine was a French Romantic poet, novelist, and politician. He is known for his lyrical poetry and novels, which have had a profound influence on literature. more

“Every living thing was shunning him. Poor little Peter Pan, he sat down and cried, and even then he did not know that, for a bird, he was sitting on his wrong part. It is a blessing that he did not know, for otherwise he would have lost faith in his power to fly, and the moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”

Source: The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)

“In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling any faggot rather than let the fire go out.”

Fire Dinner Fling

Book:Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)

Source: Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)

“I've sometimes thought . . . that the difference between us and the English is that the Scotch are hard in all other respects but soft with women, and the English are hard with women but soft in all other respects.”

Sometimes Hard Differences Scotch

Book:My Best Plays (Annotated Edition)

Source: My Best Plays (Annotated Edition)

“The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.”

Thinking Dislike Detest Irish Writers

Book:Behan Complete Plays

Source: Behan Complete Plays

“I'm not particularly keen on pity. Pity takes something away from grief. People think they're sharing it, but really they're just taking some. I prefer to keep my grief intact.”

People Thinking Grief Pity

Book:Getting It Right

Source: Getting It Right

“Sex is like petrol. It's a galvaniser, a wonderful fuel for starting a relationship.”

Sex Wonderful Starting Fuel Petrol

Author:Elizabeth Jane Howard

“When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.”

Want War Country States Government United Party United States Congressman

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1942, Volume 11

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1942, Volume 11

“Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form.”

Needs Form Loss Simple Essentials Constitution Extraordinary Practicals Arrangements Emphasis Inaugural Address

Book:Looking Forward

Source: Looking Forward

“The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies in the protection of economic security.”

People Firsts America Lying Lines Liberty Economic Security Cost Protection Defense Agreement Economic Security

Book:Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944

Source: Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944

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