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J August Strindberg: Happiness consumes itself...

J August Strindberg: Happiness consumes itself...

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end...

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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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Robert Frost: By working faithfully...

Robert Frost: By working faithfully...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a...

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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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William Cowper: Fanaticism, the false...

William Cowper: Fanaticism, the false...

Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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William Cowper: God moves in...

William Cowper: God moves in...

God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the...

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Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then I contradict myself,
I am large, I contain...

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Walt Whitman: To have great...

Walt Whitman: To have great...

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Source: Notes Left Over,...

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Ludovico Ariosto: They think they...

Ludovico Ariosto: They think they...

They think they have God Almighty by the toe.

Source: Orlando Furioso, 1532.
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John Clare: The present is...

John Clare: The present is...

The present is the funeral of the past,
And man the living sepulchre of life.


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Robert Herrick: If well thou...

Robert Herrick: If well thou...

If well thou hast begun, go on; It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.

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Francis Quarles: If thy words...

Francis Quarles: If thy words...

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may...

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Anne Sexton: The beautiful feeling...

Anne Sexton: The beautiful feeling...

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a...

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Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Edith Sitwell: Good taste is...

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

Source: In Quote (Anderson), 24 Mar...

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Joyce Kilmer: I think that...

Joyce Kilmer: I think that...

I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can...

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Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

Source: In The...

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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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Tristan Bernard: The investigator should...

Tristan Bernard: The investigator should...

The investigator should have a robust faith -- and yet not believe.

Source: In The...

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Tristan Bernard: To live happily...

Tristan Bernard: To live happily...

To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.

Source: In...

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J August Strindberg: Society is a...

J August Strindberg: Society is a...

Society is a madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police.

Source:...

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