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William Wordsworth: The dew was...

William Wordsworth: The dew was...

The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink;
I heard a voice; it said `Drink, pretty creature,...

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William Wordsworth: Men are we,...

William Wordsworth: Men are we,...

Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade
Of that which once was great is passed...

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William Shakespeare: Thou hast a...

William Shakespeare: Thou hast a...

Thou hast a grim appearance, and thy face
Bears a command in't; though thy tackle's torn,
Thou show'st a noble...

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Euripides: The language of...

Euripides: The language of...

The language of truth is simple.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Jean Anouilh: True miracles are...

Jean Anouilh: True miracles are...

True miracles are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence that God gave...

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Mark Twain: Biographies are but...

Mark Twain: Biographies are but...

Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be...

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Mark Twain: Everyone is a...

Mark Twain: Everyone is a...

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anyone.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: I think a...

Mark Twain: I think a...

I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and...

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Mark Twain: Let us so...

Mark Twain: Let us so...

Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Thrusting my nose...

Mark Twain: Thrusting my nose...

Thrusting my nose firmly between his teeth, I threw him heavily to the ground on top of...

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Anatole France: It is by...

Anatole France: It is by...

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Annie Dillard: Just once I...

Annie Dillard: Just once I...

Just once I wanted a task that required all the joy I had. Day after day I had noticed that if I waited long enough,...

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Honore de Balzac: Physically, a man...

Honore de Balzac: Physically, a man...

Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.

Source:...

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Arthur Conan Doyle: When a doctor...

Arthur Conan Doyle: When a doctor...

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has...

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Erica Jong: There is nothing...

Erica Jong: There is nothing...

There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great...

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E B White: A candidate could...

E B White: A candidate could...

A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a...

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E B White: DEMOCRACY: n: The...

E B White: DEMOCRACY: n: The...

DEMOCRACY: n: The recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the...

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E B White: There is a...

E B White: There is a...

There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream,...

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Jane Austen: Where an opinion...

Jane Austen: Where an opinion...

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Source: Mary Crawford, in...

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E M Forster: The final test...

E M Forster: The final test...

The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which...

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