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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Edward Bull<br>The curate;...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Edward Bull
The curate;...

Edward Bull
The curate; he was fatter than his cure.


Source: Edwin Morris,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Lead and I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Lead and I...

Lead and I follow.

Source: Idylls of the King, `Gareth and Lynette', 726
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Oscar Wilde: To be natural...

Oscar Wilde: To be natural...

To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

Source: An Ideal...

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Oscar Wilde: The liar at...

Oscar Wilde: The liar at...

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more...

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George Bernard Shaw: The reasonable man...

George Bernard Shaw: The reasonable man...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself....

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George Bernard Shaw: A doctor's reputation...

George Bernard Shaw: A doctor's reputation...

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.

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George Bernard Shaw: A learned man...

George Bernard Shaw: A learned man...

A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.

Source: Man and Superman.
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George Bernard Shaw: Absolute honesty is...

George Bernard Shaw: Absolute honesty is...

Absolute honesty is as absurd an abstraction as an absolute temperature or an absolute...

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George Bernard Shaw: As long as...

George Bernard Shaw: As long as...

As long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into...

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George Bernard Shaw: Beauty is all...

George Bernard Shaw: Beauty is all...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three...

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George Bernard Shaw: Civilized society is...

George Bernard Shaw: Civilized society is...

Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.

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George Bernard Shaw: Decency is Indecency's...

George Bernard Shaw: Decency is Indecency's...

Decency is Indecency's conspiracy of silence.

Source: Man and Superman, 1903
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George Bernard Shaw: Censorship ends in...

George Bernard Shaw: Censorship ends in...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody...

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George Bernard Shaw: Home is the...

George Bernard Shaw: Home is the...

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Source: 'Man and Superman',...

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George Bernard Shaw: It is easy...

George Bernard Shaw: It is easy...

It is easy -- terribly easy -- to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit...

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George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Source: In The...

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William Shakespeare: He wants nothing...

William Shakespeare: He wants nothing...

He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in.

Source:...

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Stanislaw Lec: People find life...

Stanislaw Lec: People find life...

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Jim Rohn: Give whatever you...

Jim Rohn: Give whatever you...

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

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