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William Wordsworth: Why art thou...

William Wordsworth: Why art thou...

Why art thou silent! Is thy love a plant
Of such weak fibre that the treacherous air
Of absence withers what was...

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William Wordsworth: As a huge...

William Wordsworth: As a huge...

As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie
Couched on the bald top of an eminence.


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William Wordsworth: There was a...

William Wordsworth: There was a...

There was a boy: ye knew him well, ye cliffs
And islands of Winander!


Source:...

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William Wordsworth: That which sets...

William Wordsworth: That which sets...

That which sets . . . The budding rose above the rose full blown.

Source: The...

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William Wordsworth: Thou unassuming common-place<br>Of...

William Wordsworth: Thou unassuming common-place
Of...

Thou unassuming common-place
Of Nature, with that homely face.


Source: To the...

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Joseph Brodsky: After all, it...

Joseph Brodsky: After all, it...

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had...

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Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.

Source: In NY Times, 1 Oct 72
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George Gordon Byron: Letter writing is...

George Gordon Byron: Letter writing is...

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

Source:...

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Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Emily Dickinson: Fame is a...

Fame is a bee
It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.


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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: My friends are...

Emily Dickinson: My friends are...

My friends are my estate.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success, by...

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Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

The abdication of Belief
Makes the Behavior small --
Better an ignis fatuus
Than no illume at...

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Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

His Labor is a Chant --
His Idleness --a Tune --
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of...

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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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Alexander Pope: Nature, and Nature's...

Alexander Pope: Nature, and Nature's...

Nature, and Nature's laws lay hid in night;
God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all was...

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George Gordon Byron: Tis pleasant, sure,...

George Gordon Byron: Tis pleasant, sure,...

Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing...

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Benjamin Franklin: One today is...

Benjamin Franklin: One today is...

One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Raphael paints wisdom;...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Raphael paints wisdom;...

Raphael paints wisdom; Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it,...

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Francis Bacon: The joys of...

Francis Bacon: The joys of...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

Source: Of...

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GRAMMAR, n. A...

GRAMMAR, n. A...

GRAMMAR, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he...

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