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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Such a one...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Such a one...

Such a one do I remember, whom to look at was to love.

Source: Locksley Hall.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The jingling of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The jingling of...

The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honour feels.

Source: Locksley...

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Alexander Pope: Thou wert my...

Alexander Pope: Thou wert my...

Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.

Source: An Essay on Man, IV. 390
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Alexander Pope: To happy convents,...

Alexander Pope: To happy convents,...

To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines,
Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.


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Alexander Pope: To make mankind...

Alexander Pope: To make mankind...

To make mankind in conscious virtue bold,
Live o'er each scene, and be what they...

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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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George Bernard Shaw: If you go...

George Bernard Shaw: If you go...

If you go to Heaven without being naturally qualified for it you will not enjoy yourself...

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George Bernard Shaw: Life would be...

George Bernard Shaw: Life would be...

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

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-- George Bernard Shaw,...

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George Bernard Shaw: My specialty is...

George Bernard Shaw: My specialty is...

My specialty is being right when other people are wrong.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Bernard Shaw: The great secret,...

George Bernard Shaw: The great secret,...

The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having...

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George Bernard Shaw: The great danger...

George Bernard Shaw: The great danger...

The great danger of conversion in all ages has been that when the religion of the high mind is offered to the lower...

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George Bernard Shaw: The only person...

George Bernard Shaw: The only person...

The only person who behaves sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. All the rest go on...

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George Bernard Shaw: The worst sin...

George Bernard Shaw: The worst sin...

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of...

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George Bernard Shaw: The test of...

George Bernard Shaw: The test of...

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

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George Bernard Shaw: The utmost I...

George Bernard Shaw: The utmost I...

The utmost I can bear for myself in my best days is that I was one of the hundred best playwrights in the world, which...

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George Bernard Shaw: What we want...

George Bernard Shaw: What we want...

What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the...

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Walter Bagehot: Conquest is the...

Walter Bagehot: Conquest is the...

Conquest is the missionary of valour, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the...

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George Bernard Shaw: It has taken...

George Bernard Shaw: It has taken...

It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make...

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George Bernard Shaw: It's all that...

George Bernard Shaw: It's all that...

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

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George Bernard Shaw: It is difficult,...

George Bernard Shaw: It is difficult,...

It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own...

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