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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Source: In...

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William Wordsworth: Thought and theory...

William Wordsworth: Thought and theory...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or...

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John Clare: If life had...

John Clare: If life had...

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

Source: Letter to a...

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Fulke Greville: Taste may be...

Fulke Greville: Taste may be...

Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of...

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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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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge: fitter to bruise than...

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Robert Burns: O wad some...

Robert Burns: O wad some...

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as others see us.


Source: In...

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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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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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Louis Aragon: O reason, reason,...

Louis Aragon: O reason, reason,...

O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have reached...

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Louis Aragon: Error is certainty's...

Louis Aragon: Error is certainty's...

Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally...

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Louis Aragon: I demand that...

Louis Aragon: I demand that...

I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of...

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Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

Source: In The...

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Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: Thou shalt not...

Arthur Hugh Clough: Thou shalt not...

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition
Approves all forms of competition.


Source:...

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Francis Thompson: Spring is come...

Francis Thompson: Spring is come...

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet.
And all the things are made young with young...

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Novalis: Learning is pleasurable...

Novalis: Learning is pleasurable...

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Source: In The...

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Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

This fellow did not see further than his own nose.

Source: Fables, III, 'Le Renard...

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Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Learning to live with what you're born with
is the process,
the involvement,
the making of a...

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Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Tobias Smollett: Some folk are...

Some folk are wise, and some are otherwise.

Source: Roderick Random, Ch. 6.
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