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William Wordsworth: The darkest pit<br>Of...

William Wordsworth: The darkest pit
Of...

The darkest pit
Of the profoundest hell, chaos, night,
Nor aught of blinder vacancy scooped out
By help of...

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William Wordsworth: Hearing often-times<br>The still,...

William Wordsworth: Hearing often-times
The still,...

Hearing often-times
The still, sad music of humanity,
Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power
To chasten...

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William Wordsworth: Thrice welcome, darling...

William Wordsworth: Thrice welcome, darling...

Thrice welcome, darling of the spring!
Even yet thou art to me
No bird, but an invisible thing,
A voice, a...

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Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to...

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Oscar Wilde: The ugly and...

Oscar Wilde: The ugly and...

The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they...

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Jean Anouilh: Life is very...

Jean Anouilh: Life is very...

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

Source:...

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Jean Anouilh: It takes a...

Jean Anouilh: It takes a...

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Source: Le...

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James Matthew Barrie: When the first...

James Matthew Barrie: When the first...

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping...

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James Matthew Barrie: You must have...

James Matthew Barrie: You must have...

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we...

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William Shakespeare: My salad days,<br>When...

William Shakespeare: My salad days,
When...

My salad days,
When I was green in judgement.


Source: Antony and Cleopatra, I....

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William Shakespeare: Heat not a...

William Shakespeare: Heat not a...

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Source: Henry...

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William Shakespeare: Taffeta phrases, silken...

William Shakespeare: Taffeta phrases, silken...

Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise,
Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation,
Figures...

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George Bernard Shaw: Artists do not...

George Bernard Shaw: Artists do not...

Artists do not prove things. They do not need to. They know them.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: An Irishman's heart...

George Bernard Shaw: An Irishman's heart...

An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.

Source: Larry Doyle, in John...

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George Bernard Shaw: Give women the...

George Bernard Shaw: Give women the...

Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors.

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George Bernard Shaw: Cusins is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Cusins is a...

Cusins is a very nice fellow, certainly: nobody would ever guess that he was born in...

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George Bernard Shaw: Hell is paved...

George Bernard Shaw: Hell is paved...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: Beware of the...

George Bernard Shaw: Beware of the...

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive...

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George Bernard Shaw: In literature the...

George Bernard Shaw: In literature the...

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language: the struggle of the adept is to get rid...

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George Bernard Shaw: I am a...

George Bernard Shaw: I am a...

I am a gentleman. I live by robbing the poor.

Source: Man and Superman.
--...

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