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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"To be or not to be, that is the question." - William Shakespeare, Hamlet
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." -
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." -
George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
"I have always taken a peculiar delight in studying the human mind." -
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
"It is a far, far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"But man is a tool-using animal."
Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." -
George Orwell, Animal Farm
"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." -
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
"Great expectations! It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." -
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
"It was a pleasure to burn."
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
"He was a good man, Charlie Brown." - Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." -
L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
- Jane Austen, Emma
"Pride and prejudice will always be at variance with each other, when they meet."
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -
Edmund Burke, Speech to the Electors of Bristol
"The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: little we see in Nature that is ours; we have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"
- William Wordsworth, The World Is Too Much with Us; Late and Soon
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." -
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -
Albert Einstein
"The only thing constant is change." -
Heraclitus
"To be or not to be, that is the question." -
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
These lines are all from classic works of literature that have been read and enjoyed by millions of people around the world. They are memorable, thought-provoking, and often capture the human experience in a way that is both universal and timeless
*"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." -
Helen Keller, The Optimist
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." -
Saint Augustine
"A mind is like a parachute - it only works when open." -
George Bernard Shaw
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -
Edmund Burke
"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." -
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -
Nelson Mandela
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -
John Lennon
*"To be or not to be, that is the question." - William Shakespeare, Hamlet
*"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend." -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all." -
Emily Dickinson, "Hope"
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It takes a great man to be a good listener."
- Calvin Coolidge
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." -
Socrates
"The world is a funny place, but don't let it get to you." -
Jim Morrison
"If you can dream it, you can do it." -
Walt Disney
*"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." -
Helen Keller, The Optimist
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." -
Saint Augustine
"A mind is like a parachute - it only works when open." -
George Bernard Shaw
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -
Edmund Burke
"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." -
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light." -
Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -
Nelson Mandela
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
- John Lennon
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." - Abraham Lincoln, House Divided Speech
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -
Edmund Burke
"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open." - George Bernard Shaw
"Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul, / And sings the tune without the words, / And never stops at all."
- Emily Dickinson, "Hope"
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It takes a great man to be a good listener."
- Calvin Coolidge
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