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William Cowper: Absence of occupation...

William Cowper: Absence of occupation...

Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.


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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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Frances Watkins Harper: Apparent failure may...

Frances Watkins Harper: Apparent failure may...

Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit...

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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: 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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Sophocles: It is terrible...

Sophocles: It is terrible...

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Gwendolyn Brooks: It is brave...

Gwendolyn Brooks: It is brave...

It is brave to be involved
To be not fearful to be unresolved.


Source: do not...

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Denise Levertov: Images <br>split the...

Denise Levertov: Images
split the...

Images
split the truth
in fractions.


Source: A Sequence, in The Jacob's...

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Rupert Brooke: A book may...

Rupert Brooke: A book may...

A book may be compared to your neighbor: if it be good, it cannot last too long; if bad, you cannot get rid of it too...

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Robert Browning: Who hears music,...

Robert Browning: Who hears music,...

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thomas Shadwell: The haste of...

Thomas Shadwell: The haste of...

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

Source: In Webster's...

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Friedrich von Schiller: Truth exists for...

Friedrich von Schiller: Truth exists for...

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Source: In Webster's...

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Martial: Epigrams need no...

Martial: Epigrams need no...

Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.

Source: Epigrams, 2,...

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Douglas Jerrold: Happiness grows at...

Douglas Jerrold: Happiness grows at...

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.

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Thomas Tusser: Yet true it...

Thomas Tusser: Yet true it...

Yet true it is, as cow chews cud,
And trees at spring do yield forth bud,
Except wind stands as never it...

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Thomas Tusser: Seek home for...

Thomas Tusser: Seek home for...

Seek home for rest,
For home is best.


Source: Five Hundred Points of Good...

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Terry McMillan: I don't trust...

Terry McMillan: I don't trust...

I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is...

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Marcel Pagnol: The most difficult...

Marcel Pagnol: The most difficult...

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

Source:...

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Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

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John Osborne: She's like the...

John Osborne: She's like the...

She's like the old line about justice - not only must be done but must be seen to be done.

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