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Ogden Nash: Man is a...

Ogden Nash: Man is a...

Man is a victim of dope
In the incurable form of hope.


Source: Good-by, Old...

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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: But let a...

Alexander Pope: But let a...

But let a lord once own the happy lines,
How the wit brightens! how the style refines!


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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: At every trifle...

Alexander Pope: At every trifle...

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

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Alexander Pope: Good God! how...

Alexander Pope: Good God! how...

Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and...

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Alexander Pope: It is with...

Alexander Pope: It is with...

It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in...

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Alexander Pope: In wit a...

Alexander Pope: In wit a...

In wit a man; simplicity a child.

Source: Epitaph on Mr. Gay.
-- Alexander Pope,...

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Alexander Pope: Peeled, patched, and...

Alexander Pope: Peeled, patched, and...

Peeled, patched, and piebald, linsey-wolsey brothers,
Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless...

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Alexander Pope: She sighs for...

Alexander Pope: She sighs for...

She sighs for ever on her pensive bed,
Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head.


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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: To be angry...

Alexander Pope: To be angry...

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Source: In The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A pasty costly...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A pasty costly...

A pasty costly made,
Where quail and pigeon, lark and leveret lay,
Like fossils of the rock, with golden...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A simple maiden...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A simple maiden...

A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats-of-arms.


Source: Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: Flowers are as...

Oscar Wilde: Flowers are as...

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: Good taste is...

Oscar Wilde: Good taste is...

Good taste is the excuse I have given for leading such a bad life.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: The true perfection...

Oscar Wilde: The true perfection...

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Cursed be the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Cursed be the...

Cursed be the gold that gilds the straitened forehead of a fool!

Source: Locksley...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Someone had blundered:<br>Theirs...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Someone had blundered:
Theirs...

Someone had blundered:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Softly, thro' a...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Softly, thro' a...

Softly, thro' a vinous mist,
My college friendships glimmer.


Source: Will...

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