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William Shakespeare: Knowing I loved...

William Shakespeare: Knowing I loved...

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me,
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my...

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George Bernard Shaw: It is easy...

George Bernard Shaw: It is easy...

It is easy -- terribly easy -- to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit...

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George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Source: Man and Superman,...

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George Bernard Shaw: The joy in...

George Bernard Shaw: The joy in...

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

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George Bernard Shaw: Peace is not...

George Bernard Shaw: Peace is not...

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Source: Heartbreak...

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George Bernard Shaw: The true joy...

George Bernard Shaw: The true joy...

The true joy of life [is] being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one ... being thoroughly worn...

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George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered...

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William Wordsworth: More skilful in...

William Wordsworth: More skilful in...

More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure,
As tempted more; more able to endure,
As more exposed to...

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William Wordsworth: The rapt one,...

William Wordsworth: The rapt one,...

The rapt one, of the godlike forehead,
The heaven-eyed creature sleeps in earth:
And Lamb, the frolic and the...

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William Wordsworth: I wandered lonely...

William Wordsworth: I wandered lonely...

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A...

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William Wordsworth: What though the...

William Wordsworth: What though the...

What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring...

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William Wordsworth: The gods approve<br>The...

William Wordsworth: The gods approve
The...

The gods approve
The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.


Source: Laodamia,...

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William Wordsworth: I have felt<br>A...

William Wordsworth: I have felt
A...

I have felt
A presence that disturbs me with the joy
Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime
Of something far...

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William Wordsworth: Twas pastime to...

William Wordsworth: Twas pastime to...

Twas pastime to be bound
Within the sonnet's scanty plot of ground;
Pleased if some souls (for such there needs...

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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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William Wordsworth: One in whom...

William Wordsworth: One in whom...

One in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate...

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Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad...

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Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious...

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Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to...

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