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Alexander Pope: If, presume not...

Alexander Pope: If, presume not...

If, presume not to God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle...

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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: Our passions are...

Alexander Pope: Our passions are...

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A life that...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A life that...

A life that moves to gracious ends
Thro' troops of unrecording friends,
A deedful life, a silent...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And slowly answer'd...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: And slowly answer'd...

And slowly answer'd Arthur from the barge:
'The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfils...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All armed I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All armed I...

All armed I ride, whate'er betide,
Until I find the holy Grail.


Source: Sir...

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Oscar Wilde: He was always...

Oscar Wilde: He was always...

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of...

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Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the...

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Oscar Wilde: No great artist...

Oscar Wilde: No great artist...

No great artist sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.

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Ogden Nash: Any kiddie in...

Ogden Nash: Any kiddie in...

Any kiddie in school can love like a fool,
But hating, my boy, is an art.


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William Wordsworth: I heard a...

William Wordsworth: I heard a...

I heard a thousand blended notes
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant...

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William Wordsworth: The winds come...

William Wordsworth: The winds come...

The winds come to me from the fields of sleep.

Source: Ode, Intimations of...

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George Gordon Byron: What should I...

George Gordon Byron: What should I...

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel,...

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Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

Emily Dickinson: A little madness...

A little madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.


Source: 1875;...

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Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And...

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Emily Dickinson: This is the...

Emily Dickinson: This is the...

This is the Hour of Lead --
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow --
First --Chill...

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Ogden Nash: In real life,...

Ogden Nash: In real life,...

In real life, it takes only one to make a quarrel.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Robert Frost: Americans are like...

Robert Frost: Americans are like...

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him...

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Robert Frost: One aged man...

Robert Frost: One aged man...

One aged man -- one man -- can't fill a house.

Source: An Old Man's Winter...

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