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George Bernard Shaw: I showed my...

George Bernard Shaw: I showed my...

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by getting out of it as soon as I possibly...

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George Bernard Shaw: Fame is like...

George Bernard Shaw: Fame is like...

Fame is like a river, that beareth things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and...

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Will Rogers: There is no...

Will Rogers: There is no...

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

Source: In...

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Will Rogers: There's only one...

Will Rogers: There's only one...

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

Source: The...

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Camille Paglia: The greatest honor...

Camille Paglia: The greatest honor...

The greatest honor that can be paid to the work of art, on its pedestal of ritual display, is to describe it with...

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Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

Elayne Boosler: To listen to...

To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Alexander Pope: And hence one...

Alexander Pope: And hence one...

And hence one master-passion in the breast,
Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.


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Alexander Pope: Chaos of thought...

Alexander Pope: Chaos of thought...

Chaos of thought and passion, all confused;
Still by himself abused, or disabused;
Created half to rise, and...

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Alexander Pope: And love th'...

Alexander Pope: And love th'...

And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence.

Source: Eloisa to Abelard, 192
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Alexander Pope: Did some more...

Alexander Pope: Did some more...

Did some more sober critic come abroad?
If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.


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Alexander Pope: For Forms of...

Alexander Pope: For Forms of...

For Forms of Government let fools contest;
Whate'er is best administer'd is best.


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Alexander Pope: Heaven from all...

Alexander Pope: Heaven from all...

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alexander Pope: Curst be the...

Alexander Pope: Curst be the...

Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow,
That tends to make one worthy man my foe.


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Alexander Pope: He himself one...

Alexander Pope: He himself one...

He himself one vile antithesis.

Source: Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot, 325
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Alexander Pope: Like following life...

Alexander Pope: Like following life...

Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you...

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Alexander Pope: So sweetly mawkish...

Alexander Pope: So sweetly mawkish...

So sweetly mawkish and so smoothly dull.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk iii. 171
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Alexander Pope: Like Cato, give...

Alexander Pope: Like Cato, give...

Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.


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Alexander Pope: Whether you choose...

Alexander Pope: Whether you choose...

Whether you choose Cervantes' serious air,
Or laugh and shake in Rabelais' armchair.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Authority forgets a...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Authority forgets a...

Authority forgets a dying king.

Source: Idylls of the King, The Passing of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And the stately...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And the stately...

And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,
And the...

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