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Denise Levertov: The poem has...

Denise Levertov: The poem has...

The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has kinetic force, it sets in...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: In no order...

Janet Erskine Stuart: In no order...

In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.

Source: In 2,715...

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Robert Burns: O wad some...

Robert Burns: O wad some...

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as others see us.


Source: In...

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William Wordsworth: For still, the...

William Wordsworth: For still, the...

For still, the more he works, the more
Do his weak ankles swell.


Source: Simon...

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Christopher Hampton: Asking a working...

Christopher Hampton: Asking a working...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about...

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Aeschylus: Who holds a...

Aeschylus: Who holds a...

Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.

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-- Aeschylus,...

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Wilson Mizner: When you take...

Wilson Mizner: When you take...

When you take stuff from one author, it's plagiarism; if you take it from many writers, it's...

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Wilson Mizner: I hate careless...

Wilson Mizner: I hate careless...

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.

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Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

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Oscar Wilde: A thing is...

Oscar Wilde: A thing is...

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Source: Erskine, in The...

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Oscar Wilde: America has been...

Oscar Wilde: America has been...

America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: Morality is simply...

Oscar Wilde: Morality is simply...

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.

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Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

A vast, vamped future, old, revived new piece.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk i. 284
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Doubt and mistrust...

Doubt and mistrust...

Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind...

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No matter how...

No matter how...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable...

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The hands of...

The hands of...

The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so...

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I don't know...

I don't know...

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

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It's not the...

It's not the...

It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes.

Source: In Interview in...

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I require only...

I require only...

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

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DEJEUNER, n. The...

DEJEUNER, n. The...

DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.

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