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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Willows whiten, aspens...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Willows whiten, aspens...

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs for ever
By the island...

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William Wordsworth: The youth who...

William Wordsworth: The youth who...

The youth who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Nature's priest,
And by the vision...

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Rupert Brooke: Incredibly, inordinately, devastatingly,...

Rupert Brooke: Incredibly, inordinately, devastatingly,...

Incredibly, inordinately, devastatingly, immortally, calamitously, hearteningly, adorably...

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Scott Alexander: All good is...

Scott Alexander: All good is...

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from...

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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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Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Whom do we dub as Gentleman?
The Knave, the fool, the brute --
If they but own full tithe of gold,
and Wear a...

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Some men by...

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Some men by...

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.

Source: In Webster's...

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Alexander Smith: I go into...

Alexander Smith: I go into...

I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of...

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Vladimir Mayakovsky: My verse<br>has brought...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: My verse
has brought...

My verse
has brought me
no roubles to spare:
no craftsmen have made
mahogany chairs for my...

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Henry John Newbolt: He clapped the...

Henry John Newbolt: He clapped the...

He clapped the glass to his sightless eye,
And 'I'm damned if I see it', he said.


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Jenny Joseph: I shall go...

Jenny Joseph: I shall go...

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to...

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Robert Burns: Dare to be...

Robert Burns: Dare to be...

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Robert Burns: Critics! Those cut-throat...

Robert Burns: Critics! Those cut-throat...

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Rupert Brooke: Infinite hungers leap...

Rupert Brooke: Infinite hungers leap...

Infinite hungers leap no more
In the chance swaying of your dress;
And love has changed to...

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Oscar Wilde: The only difference...

Oscar Wilde: The only difference...

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a...

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Oscar Wilde: How strange a...

Oscar Wilde: How strange a...

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants...

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Thornton Wilder: Hope, like faith,...

Thornton Wilder: Hope, like faith,...

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not...

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Thornton Wilder: Literature is the...

Thornton Wilder: Literature is the...

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Source: In Time, 12 Jan 53
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Luigi Pirandello: A fact is...

Luigi Pirandello: A fact is...

A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the...

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Luigi Pirandello: Whoever has the...

Luigi Pirandello: Whoever has the...

Whoever has the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. Because a character will never die! A man will...

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