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John Donne: God employs several...

John Donne: God employs several...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by...

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Fulke Greville: The criterion of...

Fulke Greville: The criterion of...

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it...

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Robert Herrick: Attempt the end,...

Robert Herrick: Attempt the end,...

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard but search will find it...

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Jean de LaFontaine: From a distance...

Jean de LaFontaine: From a distance...

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Edwin A Robinson: Black and unblossomed...

Edwin A Robinson: Black and unblossomed...

Black and unblossomed were the ways he knew,
Dark was the glass through which his fire eye...

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Edwin A Robinson: I shall have...

Edwin A Robinson: I shall have...

I shall have more to say when I am dead.

Source: John Brown.
-- Edwin A...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: That which is...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: That which is...

That which is not allotted - the hand cannot reach, and what is allotted - will find you wherever you may...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: I fear God,...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: I fear God,...

I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears Him not.

Source: In...

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Richard Armour: Beauty is only...

Richard Armour: Beauty is only...

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

Source:...

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Countee Cullen: So in the...

Countee Cullen: So in the...

So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds,
And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.


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Countee Cullen: My poetry, I...

Countee Cullen: My poetry, I...

My poetry, I should think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me.

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Edith Sitwell: Poetry ennobles the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry ennobles the...

Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell....

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Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

Edith Sitwell: I'm patient with...

I'm patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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Samuel Beckett: We are all...

Samuel Beckett: We are all...

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

Source: 'Waiting for Godot'
-- Samuel...

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Christopher Fry: It's always our...

Christopher Fry: It's always our...

It's always our touches of vanity
That manage to betray us.


Source: In Webster's...

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David Mamet: The poker player...

David Mamet: The poker player...

The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that,...

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Ted Turner: Every man sees...

Ted Turner: Every man sees...

Every man sees a little of himself in Rhett Butler.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ted Turner: Life is like...

Ted Turner: Life is like...

Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it...

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Katharine Graham: Bromidic though it...

Katharine Graham: Bromidic though it...

Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to...

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