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George Augustus Henry Sala

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George Augustus Henry Fairfield Sala was an author and journalist who wrote extensively for the Illustrated London News as G. A. S. and was most famous for his articles and leaders for The Daily Telegraph.

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Notable works: The Life and Adventures of George Augustus Sala, Written by Himself

About George Augustus Henry Sala

George Augustus Henry Fairfield Sala was an author and journalist who wrote extensively for the Illustrated London News as G. A. S. and was most famous for his articles and leaders for The Daily Telegraph. He founded his own periodical, Sala's Journal, and the Savage Club. The former was unsuccessful but the latter still continues.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by George Augustus Henry Sala

Love in modern times has been the tailor's best friend. Every suitor of the nineteenth century spends more than his spare cash…

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Adornment

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We acquire the love of people who, being in our proximity, are presumed to know us; and we receive reputation or celebrity,…

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Acquire

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There is great truth in Alphonse Karr's remark that modern men are ugly because they do not wear their beards.

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Beard

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Make Hamilton Bamilton, make Douglas Puglas, make Percy Bercy, and Stanley Tanley and where would be the long-resounding march and energy divine…

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Divine

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A woman's character is as delicate as her eye; it can bear no flaw.

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Bears

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Beauty is a fairy; sometimes she hides herself in a flower-cup, or under a leaf, or creeps into the old ivy, and…

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Beauty

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The future is always fairyland to the young. Life is like a beautiful and winding lane, on either side bright flowers, and…

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Admire

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Almost everything that I behold in this wonderful country bears traces of improvement and reform - everything except Pie.

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Bears

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Thought engenders thought. Place one idea on paper, another will follow it, and still another, until you have written a page; you…

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Bottom

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How beautifully is it ordered, that as many thousands work for one, so must every individual bring his labor to make the…

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Bears

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The foaminess of the Falls, together with the tinge of tawny yellow in the troubled waters, only reminded me of so much…

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Fall

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Happily there exists more than one kind of beauty. There is the beauty of infancy, the beauty of youth, the beauty of…

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Age

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I will not go so far as to say, with a living poet, that the world knows nothing of its greatest men;…

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Conqueror

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An Italian proverb says, In men every mortal sin is venial; in woman every venial sin is mortal. And a German axiom,…

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Axioms

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You cannot fathom your mind.... The more you draw from it, the more clear and fruitful it will be.

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Clear

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England is surrounded by enemies - by real enemies who hate her. Why? Because she tries to be honest; and she tries…

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Being honest

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In the intercourse of social life, it is by little acts of watchful kindness recurring daily and hourly,--and opportunities of doing kindnesses…

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Affection

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Life is a system of relations rather than a positive and independent existence; and he who would be happy himself and make…

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Dependent

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It is an error to suppose that a man belongs to himself. No man does. He belongs to his wife, or his…

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Children

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Millions of people are provided with their thoughts as with their clothes; authors, printers, booksellers, and newsmen stand, in relation to their…

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Body

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God has ordered, that men, being in need of each other, should learn to love each other, and to bear each other's…

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Bears

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The tragedy of "Hamlet" is critically considered to be the masterpiece of dramatic poetry; and the tragedy of "Hamlet" is also, according…

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Drama

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Society is the master, and man is the servant.

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Community

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