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Marriage resembles a pair of s...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

Sydney Smith 122 quotes

Do not try to push your way th...

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

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Manners are like the shadows o...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

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Among the smaller duties of li...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

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Whatever you are by nature, ke...

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

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A comfortable house is a great...

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

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Madam, I have been looking for...

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

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In composing, as a general rul...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

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I look upon Switzerland as an ...

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

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Let the Dean and Canons lay th...

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

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Never give way to melancholy; ...

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

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What would life be without ari...

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

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Errors, to be dangerous, must ...

Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.

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He who drinks a tumbler of Lon...

He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and children on the face of the globe.

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When I hear any man talk of an...

When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool

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we know nothing of tomorrow, o...

we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today

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No furniture is so charming as...

No furniture is so charming as books.

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Thank God for tea! What would ...

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

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If you want to improve your un...

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

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The main question to a novel i...

The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not -- story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....