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One quote splits all Books into two lasting categories, separating writing made for the moment from writing built to endure, using 'divisible' to draw that line.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

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Nov 07, 2020

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender.

Quotes by Philip Guedalla

Nov 07, 2020

One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Quotes by Max Beerbohm

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Nov 07, 2020

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.

Quotes by John Ruskin

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Nov 07, 2020

We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

Quotes by Jean Guitton

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Nov 07, 2020

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

Quotes by Jean Guitton

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Nov 07, 2020

The idea of the split personality is as old as Genesis. For a start, Eve was manufactured from Adam's rib. Then there's Cain and Abel, twins at war. They were followed by Esau and Jacob, likewise divisible into hairy and smooth types.

Quotes by Clive Sinclair

Another turns the idea inward, comparing individuals to primary numbers divisible only by themselves, a poetic way to describe what Differs from person to person.

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