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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: It is dangerous...

George Bernard Shaw: It is dangerous...

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

Source: Man and Superman,...

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George Bernard Shaw: If the announcer...

George Bernard Shaw: If the announcer...

If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentlemen, he may pronounce as he...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou madest Death:...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou madest Death:...

Thou madest Death: and lo, thy foot
Is on the skull which thou hast made.


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William Wordsworth: O Nightingale, thou...

William Wordsworth: O Nightingale, thou...

O Nightingale, thou surely art
A creature of a 'fiery heart'.


Source: O...

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Robert Browning: The aim, if...

Robert Browning: The aim, if...

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life:
Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to...

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Emily Dickinson: I . ....

Emily Dickinson: I . ....

I . . . am small, like the wren, and my hair is bold like the chestnut burr; and my eyes like the sherry in the glass...

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Emily Dickinson: After great pain,...

Emily Dickinson: After great pain,...

After great pain, a formal feeling comes.
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.


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Emily Dickinson: Tell all the...

Emily Dickinson: Tell all the...

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--
Success in Circuit lies.


Source: 1868;...

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Ogden Nash: Marriage is an...

Ogden Nash: Marriage is an...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the...

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Ogden Nash: The cow is...

Ogden Nash: The cow is...

The cow is of the bovine ilk;
One end is moo, the other, milk.


Source: The...

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Ogden Nash: The trouble with...

Ogden Nash: The trouble with...

The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually becomes a cat.

Source: 'The...

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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: Progress might've been...

Ogden Nash: Progress might've been...

Progress might've been alright once but it has gone on too long.

Source: In 1,911...

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Ogden Nash: My verse represents...

Ogden Nash: My verse represents...

My verse represents a handle I can grasp in order not to yield to the centrifugal forces which are trying to throw me...

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Ogden Nash: Remorse is a...

Ogden Nash: Remorse is a...

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

Source: A Clean Conscience Never...

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Ogden Nash: Man is a...

Ogden Nash: Man is a...

Man is a victim of dope
In the incurable form of hope.


Source: Good-by, Old...

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Ogden Nash: You scour the...

Ogden Nash: You scour the...

You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,
Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks.
From river to river you comb...

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Ogden Nash: The song of...

Ogden Nash: The song of...

The song of canaries
Never varies,
And when they're moulting
They're pretty...

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Robert Frost: A jury is...

Robert Frost: A jury is...

A jury is twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

Source: In...

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