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William Shakespeare: These earthly godfathers...

William Shakespeare: These earthly godfathers...

These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights,
That give a name to every fixed star,
Have no more profit of their...

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William Shakespeare: Striving to better,...

William Shakespeare: Striving to better,...

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Source: King Lear, I. iv. (370).
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William Shakespeare: Tis neither here...

William Shakespeare: Tis neither here...

'Tis neither here nor there.

Source: Othello, IV. iii. (59).
-- William...

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William Shakespeare: True hope is...

William Shakespeare: True hope is...

True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures...

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William Shakespeare: Our poesy is...

William Shakespeare: Our poesy is...

Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes
From whence 'tis nourished.


Source: Timon of...

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William Shakespeare: A goodly apple...

William Shakespeare: A goodly apple...

A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!


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George Bernard Shaw: Life levels all...

George Bernard Shaw: Life levels all...

Life levels all men: death reveals the eminent.

Source: Maxims for...

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George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

George Bernard Shaw: Martyrdom is the...

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Source: In The...

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George Bernard Shaw: Why, except as...

George Bernard Shaw: Why, except as...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in,...

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James Matthew Barrie: Every time a...

James Matthew Barrie: Every time a...

Every time a child says, I don't believe in fairies, there is a fairy somewhere that falls down...

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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: Temper is a...

James Matthew Barrie: Temper is a...

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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James Matthew Barrie: Strength instead of...

James Matthew Barrie: Strength instead of...

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing...

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James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

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James Matthew Barrie: The printing press...

James Matthew Barrie: The printing press...

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, one sometimes forgets...

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James Matthew Barrie: We never understand...

James Matthew Barrie: We never understand...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

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Aeschylus: When a man's...

Aeschylus: When a man's...

When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in.

Source: From Charades, an...

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Aeschylus: Call no man...

Aeschylus: Call no man...

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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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: To give an...

Oscar Wilde: To give an...

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but...

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