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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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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The shell must...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The shell must...

The shell must break before the bird can fly.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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Charles Dibdin: What argufies pride...

Charles Dibdin: What argufies pride...

What argufies pride and ambition?
Soon or late death will take us in tow:
Each bullet has got its...

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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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Nicolas Boileau: The wisest man...

Nicolas Boileau: The wisest man...

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

Source: In Correct...

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Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Charlotte Bronte: Men judge us...

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

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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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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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Aeschylus: Every ruler is...

Aeschylus: Every ruler is...

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Sean O'Casey: I ofen looked...

Sean O'Casey: I ofen looked...

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Nathalie Sarraute: Television has lifted...

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major...

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