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Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's...

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Barbara Ward: Jews were the...

Barbara Ward: Jews were the...

Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of...

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E F Schumacher: Any intelligent fool...

E F Schumacher: Any intelligent fool...

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of...

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Claude M. Bristol: It is the...

Claude M. Bristol: It is the...

It is the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance and sweeps away all obstacles....

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Rudolf Bing: There are two...

Rudolf Bing: There are two...

There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up ....

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George Farquhar: My Lady Bountiful....

George Farquhar: My Lady Bountiful....

My Lady Bountiful.

Source: The Beaux' Stratagem, I. i
-- George Farquhar, ( ...

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August Wilson: It ain't nothing...

August Wilson: It ain't nothing...

It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find...

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John Webster: Man may his...

John Webster: Man may his...

Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. . . . 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

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Noel Coward: I like long...

Noel Coward: I like long...

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

Source:...

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Antonin Artaud: Never tire yourself...

Antonin Artaud: Never tire yourself...

Never tire yourself more than necessary, even if you have to found a culture on the fatigue of your...

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Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

Source: L'Art...

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Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

Shelagh Delaney: [W]hen you leave...

[W]hen you leave school finally you will find that life is a game, sometimes serious, sometimes fun, but a game that...

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Joe Orton: It's all any...

Joe Orton: It's all any...

It's all any reasonable child can expect if the dad is present at the conception.

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Joe Orton: The kind of...

Joe Orton: The kind of...

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad...

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Peter Shaffer: If London is...

Peter Shaffer: If London is...

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Source: In NY Times, 13 Apr...

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John Osborne: The schoolteacher is...

John Osborne: The schoolteacher is...

The schoolteacher is certainly underpaid as a childminder, but ludicrously overpaid as an...

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Robert Browning: The aim, if...

Robert Browning: The aim, if...

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life:
Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.

Source: Say Not the Struggle Nought...

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Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Diane Wakoski: Poems reveal secrets...

Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet's pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets...

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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: O God, give...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: O God, give...

O God, give me words to make my dream-children live.

Source: A Prayer.
-- Joseph...

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