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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Alone and warming...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Alone and warming...

Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And a dozen...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And a dozen...

And a dozen times we shook 'em off as a dog that shakes his ears
When he leaps from the water to the...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Children see things very well sometimes -- and idealists even better.

Source: In...

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Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.

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Oscar Wilde: I played with...

Oscar Wilde: I played with...

I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escaped and recaptured it;...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Lorraine Hansberry: Seems like God...

Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams -- but He did give us children to make them...

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Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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Thomas Gray: Where ignorance is...

Thomas Gray: Where ignorance is...

Where ignorance is bliss -
Tis folly to be wise.


Source: Ode on a Distant...

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Fulke Greville: I hardly know...

Fulke Greville: I hardly know...

I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others.

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Francis Quarles: Let the fear...

Francis Quarles: Let the fear...

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: A traveller without...

A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Robin Williams: Comedy is acting...

Robin Williams: Comedy is acting...

Comedy is acting out optimism.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Joe E Lewis: Adlai Stevenson has...

Joe E Lewis: Adlai Stevenson has...

Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong...

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Mel Brooks: Humor is just...

Mel Brooks: Humor is just...

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Lenny Bruce: All my humor...

Lenny Bruce: All my humor...

All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence,...

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Jackie Moms Mabley: There ain't nothin'...

Jackie Moms Mabley: There ain't nothin'...

There ain't nothin' an ol' man can do but bring me a message from a young one.

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Fred Astaire: This search for...

Fred Astaire: This search for...

This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance...

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Fred Astaire: I don't want...

Fred Astaire: I don't want...

I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity. . . . I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out...

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