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Oscar Wilde: He knew the...

Oscar Wilde: He knew the...

He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.

Source: In The...

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Alexander Pope: All crowd, who...

Alexander Pope: All crowd, who...

All crowd, who foremost shall be damned to fame.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk iii....

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Alexander Pope: Fair tresses man's...

Alexander Pope: Fair tresses man's...

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.


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Alexander Pope: How here he...

Alexander Pope: How here he...

How here he sipped, how there he plundered snug,
And sucked all o'er, like an industrious...

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Alexander Pope: Conceit is to...

Alexander Pope: Conceit is to...

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it not only is useless, but it impairs what it would...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A land of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A land of...

A land of streams! some, like a downward smoke,
Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Deep on the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Deep on the...

Deep on the convent-roof the snows
Are sparkling to the moon;
My breath to heaven like vapour goes:
May my...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Death closes all:...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Death closes all:...

Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I am going...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I am going...

I am going a long way
With these thou seest - if indeed I go
(For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) -
To...

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Ogden Nash: People who work...

Ogden Nash: People who work...

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

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J B Priestley: Our great-grandchildren, when...

J B Priestley: Our great-grandchildren, when...

Our great-grandchildren, when they learn how we began this war by snatching glory out of defeat . . . may also learn...

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Was there ever...

Was there ever...

Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson...

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It is the...

It is the...

It is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Source: Quoted in: Anecdotes by...

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Its proper use...

Its proper use...

Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use...

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No man was...

No man was...

No man was ever great by imitation.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Painting consumes labour...

Painting consumes labour...

Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble...

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In war the...

In war the...

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

Source:
-- H L...

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The urge to...

The urge to...

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it.

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Human life is...

Human life is...

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they...

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The man of...

The man of...

The man of creative imagination pays a ghastly price for all his superiorities and immunities. ....

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