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William Shakespeare: Thou hast most...

William Shakespeare: Thou hast most...

Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school.

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William Shakespeare: Come, and take...

William Shakespeare: Come, and take...

Come, and take choice of all my library,
And so beguile thy sorrow.


Source:...

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Alexander Pope: The world forgetting,...

Alexander Pope: The world forgetting,...

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Source: Eloisa to Abelard.
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Alexander Pope: To rest, the...

Alexander Pope: To rest, the...

To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite,
Who never mentions hell to ears polite.


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Alexander Pope: You beat your...

Alexander Pope: You beat your...

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come:
Knock as you please, there's no body at...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A smile abroad...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A smile abroad...

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ogden Nash: What chills the...

Ogden Nash: What chills the...

What chills the finger not a bit
Is so frigid upon the fundament.


Source: Samson...

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Oscar Wilde: You should study...

Oscar Wilde: You should study...

You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the...

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Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are...

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Oscar Wilde: To make a...

Oscar Wilde: To make a...

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know...

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Oscar Wilde: A poet can...

Oscar Wilde: A poet can...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Source: Pall Mall Gazette (London,...

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Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

It is sweet to dance to violins
When Love and Life are fair:
To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes
Is...

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Oscar Wilde: Down the long...

Oscar Wilde: Down the long...

Down the long and silent street,
The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet,
Crept like a frightened...

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Oscar Wilde: It is an...

Oscar Wilde: It is an...

It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and...

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Oscar Wilde: I choose my...

Oscar Wilde: I choose my...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dosn't thou 'ear...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dosn't thou 'ear...

Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awa?y?
Proputty, proputty, proputty- that's what I 'ears 'em...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Faith lives in...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Faith lives in...

Faith lives in honest doubt.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God of battles,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God of battles,...

God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before?

Source: The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God made Himself...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God made Himself...

God made Himself an awful rose of dawn.

Source: The Village of Sin, 3; also last...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I held it...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: I held it...

I held it truth with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping stones
Of...

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