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George Bernard Shaw: Englishmen never will...

George Bernard Shaw: Englishmen never will...

Englishmen never will be slaves: they are free to do whatever the Government and public opinion allow them to...

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George Bernard Shaw: Kings are not...

George Bernard Shaw: Kings are not...

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Source: Man and...

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George Bernard Shaw: My mother married...

George Bernard Shaw: My mother married...

My mother married a very good man . . . and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.

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George Bernard Shaw: Make it compulsory...

George Bernard Shaw: Make it compulsory...

Make it compulsory for a doctor using a brass plate to have inscribed on it, in addition to the letters indicating his...

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George Bernard Shaw: Leisure may be...

George Bernard Shaw: Leisure may be...

Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it...

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Stanislaw Lec: You must first...

Stanislaw Lec: You must first...

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

Source: In 20,000...

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Alexander Pope: Not to go...

Alexander Pope: Not to go...

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

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Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

A vast, vamped future, old, revived new piece.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk i. 284
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An English home...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An English home...

An English home - gray twilight poured
On dewy pastures, dewy trees,
Softer than sleep - all things in order...

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Emily Dickinson: Nature, like us...

Emily Dickinson: Nature, like us...

Nature, like us is sometimes caught
Without her diadem.


Source: The Complete...

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Emily Dickinson: Success is counted...

Emily Dickinson: Success is counted...

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest...

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Ogden Nash: Children aren't happy...

Ogden Nash: Children aren't happy...

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.


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Ogden Nash: Life is not...

Ogden Nash: Life is not...

Life is not having been told
That the man just waxed the floor.


Source: In...

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Ogden Nash: How easy for...

Ogden Nash: How easy for...

How easy for those who do not bulge
To not overindulge!


Source: A Necessary...

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Ogden Nash: Some debts are...

Ogden Nash: Some debts are...

Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun when you set about retiring...

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Ogden Nash: Every New Year...

Ogden Nash: Every New Year...

Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?

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Ogden Nash: A husband is...

Ogden Nash: A husband is...

A husband is a guy who tells you when you've got on too much lipstick and helps you with your girdle when your hips...

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Ogden Nash: Beneath this slab<br>John...

Ogden Nash: Beneath this slab
John...

Beneath this slab
John Brown is stowed.
He watched the ads,
And not the road.


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Ogden Nash: If you don't...

Ogden Nash: If you don't...

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to...

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Ogden Nash: When Ah itchez,<br>Ah...

Ogden Nash: When Ah itchez,
Ah...

When Ah itchez,
Ah scratchez.


Source: Requiem
-- Ogden Nash, (Aug 19...

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