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- It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death.
- Mary Renault, The Praise Singer, 1978
- The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
- Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973), The Joy of Children, 1964
- I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
- Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
- It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
- Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life, 1962
- In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Northanger Abbey, 1818
- It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
- Colette (1873 - 1954), The Pure and the Impure, 1932
- Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
- Colette (1873 - 1954), Chance Acquaintances, 1952
- I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
- Colette (1873 - 1954), The Last of Cheri, 1926
- Out of the strain of the Doing,
Into the peace of the Done. - Julia Louise Woodruff, 'Harvest Home,' Sunday at Home, 1910
- I don't like the sound of all those lists he's making - it's like taking too many notes at school; you feel you've achieved something when you haven't.
- Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle, 1948
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