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William Wordsworth: Strange fits of...

William Wordsworth: Strange fits of...

Strange fits of passion have I known:
And I will dare to tell,
But in the lover's ear alone,
What once to me...

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William Wordsworth: One impulse from...

William Wordsworth: One impulse from...

One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the ages...

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George Herbert: The cow knows...

George Herbert: The cow knows...

The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.

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Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

I was courtmartialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my...

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Brendan Behan: The most important...

Brendan Behan: The most important...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

Zora Neale Hurston: There are years...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have been...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in...

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George Bernard Shaw: What is virtue...

George Bernard Shaw: What is virtue...

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

Source: Don Juan, in Man and...

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James Matthew Barrie: In dinner talk...

James Matthew Barrie: In dinner talk...

In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling any faggot rather than let the fire go...

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Antonin Artaud: Destroy yourselves, you...

Antonin Artaud: Destroy yourselves, you...

Destroy yourselves, you who are desperate, and you who are tortured in body and soul, abandon all hope. There is no...

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Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

Charlotte Bronte: The soul, fortunately,...

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the...

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Charlotte Bronte: Cheerfulness, it would...

Charlotte Bronte: Cheerfulness, it would...

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state...

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William Shakespeare: An honest tale...

William Shakespeare: An honest tale...

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

Source: Richard III, IV. iv....

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Robert Collier: Take the first...

Robert Collier: Take the first...

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you...

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Walter Bagehot: The best reason...

Walter Bagehot: The best reason...

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind...

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J B Priestley: When I was...

J B Priestley: When I was...

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed...

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George Bernard Shaw: A government that...

George Bernard Shaw: A government that...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.

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George Bernard Shaw: An election is...

George Bernard Shaw: An election is...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in...

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George Bernard Shaw: Don't think you...

George Bernard Shaw: Don't think you...

Don't think you can frighten me by telling me I am alone. France is alone; and God is alone; and what is my loneliness...

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George Bernard Shaw: Critics, like other...

George Bernard Shaw: Critics, like other...

Critics, like other people, see what they look for, not what is actually before them.

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