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George Gordon Byron: For in itself...

George Gordon Byron: For in itself...

For in itself a thought,
A slumbering thought, is capable of years,
And curdles a long life into one...

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Emily Dickinson: A Wounded deer...

Emily Dickinson: A Wounded deer...

A Wounded deer - leaps highest.

Source: 1860; Poems, First Series, 1890.
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Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody! Who...

Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody! Who...

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you -- Nobody -- Too?
Then there's a pair of us?
Don't tell! they'd advertise...

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Emily Dickinson: A letter always...

Emily Dickinson: A letter always...

A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal...

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Emily Dickinson: Unto a broken...

Emily Dickinson: Unto a broken...

Unto a broken heart
No other one may go
Without the high prerogative
Itself hath suffered...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing...

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Ogden Nash: Oh, what a...

Ogden Nash: Oh, what a...

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave
When they think that their children are naive.


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Ogden Nash: The only people...

Ogden Nash: The only people...

The only people who should really sin
Are the people who can sin with a grin.


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Ogden Nash: To be an...

Ogden Nash: To be an...

To be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: But Lancelot mused...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: But Lancelot mused...

But Lancelot mused a little space;
He said, 'She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: But what am...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: But what am...

But what am I?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tears, idle tears,/I...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tears, idle tears,/I...

Tears, idle tears,/I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair,
Rise in the heart and...

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Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a...

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Emily Dickinson: I measure every...

Emily Dickinson: I measure every...

I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing Eyes --
I wonder if It weighs like Mine --
Or has an Easier...

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Robert Frost: A civilized society...

Robert Frost: A civilized society...

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

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Robert Frost: There never was...

Robert Frost: There never was...

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and...

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Woody Allen: Death is an...

Woody Allen: Death is an...

Death is an acquired trait.

Source: Woody Allen and His Comedy, (E. Lax)
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Fred Allen: Advertising is 85%...

Fred Allen: Advertising is 85%...

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission.

Source: In The Executives...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

When the bright angel [of creativity] dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

Madeleine L'Engle: I do not...

I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, This is what I believe. Finished. What I believe is...

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