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Thomas Tusser: Fear God, and...

Thomas Tusser: Fear God, and...

Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws,
And keep thyself out of the magistrate's...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The success of...

Nicolas Chamfort: The success of...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the...

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Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did...

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Aeschylus: Old men are...

Aeschylus: Old men are...

Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.

Source: Agamemnon.
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Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a...

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Harold Pinter: Good writing excites...

Harold Pinter: Good writing excites...

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Wole Soyinka: The hand that...

Wole Soyinka: The hand that...

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

Source:...

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J August Strindberg: Friendship can only...

J August Strindberg: Friendship can only...

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions...

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Robert Bolt: Morality's not practical....

Robert Bolt: Morality's not practical....

Morality's not practical. Morality's a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books.

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Robert Frost: The brain is...

Robert Frost: The brain is...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to...

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Ovid: Everything comes gradually...

Ovid: Everything comes gradually...

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poetry lifts the...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poetry lifts the...

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not...

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William Carlos Williams: By listening to...

William Carlos Williams: By listening to...

By listening to the language of his locality the poet learns his craft. It is his function to lift, by the use of his...

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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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Fulke Greville: Most men have...

Fulke Greville: Most men have...

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Source: In...

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Robert Herrick: It is the...

Robert Herrick: It is the...

It is the will that makes the action good or ill.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...

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Jean de LaFontaine: To win a...

Jean de LaFontaine: To win a...

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

Source:...

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Sophocles: A short saying...

Sophocles: A short saying...

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Edmund Spenser: Sweete Themmes! runne...

Edmund Spenser: Sweete Themmes! runne...

Sweete Themmes! runne softly, till I end my Song.

Source: Prothalamion.
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