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In...the book of Egoism, it is written, possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

— George Meredith The Egoist (1879)

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A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

Diana of the Crossways (1885)

God's rarest blessing is, after all, a good woman!

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859)

There is nothing the body suffers that the soul may not profit by.

Diana of the Crossways (1885)

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859)

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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