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George Bernard Shaw: My reputation grew...

George Bernard Shaw: My reputation grew...

My reputation grew with every failure.

Source: Referring to his unsuccessful early...

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Alexander Pope: All are but...

Alexander Pope: All are but...

All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body nature is, and God the soul.


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Alexander Pope: A brain of...

Alexander Pope: A brain of...

A brain of feathers and a heart of lead.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk ii. 44
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Alexander Pope: All seems infected...

Alexander Pope: All seems infected...

All seems infected that th'infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.


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Alexander Pope: Beauties in vain...

Alexander Pope: Beauties in vain...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the...

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Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Alexander Pope: Behold the child,...

Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw:
Some livelier plaything...

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Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Alexander Pope: Be not the...

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.


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Alexander Pope: Destroy his fib...

Alexander Pope: Destroy his fib...

Destroy his fib or sophistry, in vain,
The creature's at his dirty work again.


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Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Alexander Pope: Chaste to her...

Chaste to her Husband, frank to all beside,
A teeming Mistress, but a barren Bride.


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Alexander Pope: Eye Nature's walks,...

Alexander Pope: Eye Nature's walks,...

Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies,
And catch the manners living as they rise;
Laugh where we must, be...

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Alexander Pope: Fondly we think...

Alexander Pope: Fondly we think...

Fondly we think we honour merit then,
When we but praise ourselves in other men.


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Alexander Pope: Heav'n, as its...

Alexander Pope: Heav'n, as its...

Heav'n, as its purest gold, by tortures tried;
The saint sustained it, but the woman...

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Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said.
Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
The dog-star...

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Alexander Pope: Right well mine...

Alexander Pope: Right well mine...

Right well mine eyes arede the myster wight,
On parchment scraps y-fed and Wormius...

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Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Alexander Pope: Who breaks a...

Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?

Source: Lord Hervey, in Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A bow-shot from...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A bow-shot from...

A bow-shot from her bower-eaves,
He rode between the barley-sheaves,
The sun came dazzling thro' the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A sorrow's crown...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A sorrow's crown...

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A louse in...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A louse in...

A louse in the locks of literature.

Source: In Evan Charteris, Life and Letters of...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And when they...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And when they...

And when they buried him the little port
Had seldom seen a costlier funeral.


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Thornton Wilder: It is only...

Thornton Wilder: It is only...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that...

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