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Democracy is much...

Democracy is much...

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

Source: In Webster's...

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The private citizen,...

The private citizen,...

The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these...

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When philosophers try...

When philosophers try...

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

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If after I...

If after I...

If after I depart this vale, you ever remember me, and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink...

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Antonin Artaud: Written poetry is...

Antonin Artaud: Written poetry is...

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for...

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Douglas Jerrold: Fortunes made in...

Douglas Jerrold: Fortunes made in...

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long...

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Lorraine Hansberry: [T]here is only...

Lorraine Hansberry: [T]here is only...

[T]here is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture -- in...

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Peter Shaffer: Passion, you see,...

Peter Shaffer: Passion, you see,...

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Source:...

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Peter Shaffer: If London is...

Peter Shaffer: If London is...

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Source: In NY Times, 13 Apr...

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Robert Browning: I trust in...

Robert Browning: I trust in...

I trust in Nature for the stable laws
Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant
And Autumn garner to the end of...

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Robert Browning: The are times...

Robert Browning: The are times...

The are times when patience proves at fault.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Stanislaw Lec: Render unto Caesar...

Stanislaw Lec: Render unto Caesar...

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's; and unto human beings,...

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Ted Turner: All my life...

Ted Turner: All my life...

All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.

Source: In The...

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Douglas Jerrold: Fortunes made in...

Douglas Jerrold: Fortunes made in...

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The public! How...

Nicolas Chamfort: The public! How...

The public! How many fools does it take to make a public?

Source: In The Speaker's...

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John Osborne: Thank God we're...

John Osborne: Thank God we're...

Thank God we're normal, normal, normal, Thank God we're normal, Yes, this is our finest...

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Oscar Wilde: An idea that...

Oscar Wilde: An idea that...

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Source:...

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Geoffrey Chaucer: The gretteste clerkes...

Geoffrey Chaucer: The gretteste clerkes...

The gretteste clerkes been noght the wysest men.

Source: Canterbury Tales, 'The...

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Edmund Waller: Poets that lasting...

Edmund Waller: Poets that lasting...

Poets that lasting marble seek
Must carve in Latin or in Greek.


Source: Of...

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William Wordsworth: The mightiest lever...

William Wordsworth: The mightiest lever...

The mightiest lever known to the moral world, imagination.

Source: In Pearls of...

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