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Imamu Amiri Baraka: A rich man...

Imamu Amiri Baraka: A rich man...

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their...

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Robert Bolt: It profits a...

Robert Bolt: It profits a...

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for Wales!

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done,
Then bring your...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Every epoch, under...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Every epoch, under...

Every epoch, under names more or less specious, has deified its peculiar errors.

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Virgil: Time bears away...

Virgil: Time bears away...

Time bears away all things, even the mind.

Source: Eclogues.
-- Virgil, (Oct 15...

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John Clare: Untroubling and untroubled...

John Clare: Untroubling and untroubled...

Untroubling and untroubled where I lie;
The grass below - above the vaulted sky.


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Fulke Greville: No man was...

Fulke Greville: No man was...

No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Jean de LaFontaine: Gentleness succeeds better...

Jean de LaFontaine: Gentleness succeeds better...

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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Thomas Moore: There is nothing...

Thomas Moore: There is nothing...

There is nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dreams.

Source: In Wisdom of...

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Thomas Moore: The world is...

Thomas Moore: The world is...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams...

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Martin Tupper: Reflection is a...

Martin Tupper: Reflection is a...

Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and...

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Rupert Brooke: Breathless, we flung...

Rupert Brooke: Breathless, we flung...

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely...

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Samuel Beckett: I write about...

Samuel Beckett: I write about...

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another...

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Alexander Smith: A man gazing...

Alexander Smith: A man gazing...

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road.

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Robert Frost: A bank is...

Robert Frost: A bank is...

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to...

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Marlon Brando: If you want...

Marlon Brando: If you want...

If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate...

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Mickey Rooney: Always get married...

Mickey Rooney: Always get married...

Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole...

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Michael Douglas: Never knew how...

Michael Douglas: Never knew how...

Never knew how poort I was until I started making money.

Source: Douglas to Charlie...

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John Russell: A proverb is...

John Russell: A proverb is...

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

Source: Attributed.
-- John...

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John Russell: Sanity calms, but...

John Russell: Sanity calms, but...

Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.

Source:
-- John Russell, (Jan 3...

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