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William Shakespeare: I like not...

William Shakespeare: I like not...

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

Source: The Merchant of Venice, I. iii....

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William Shakespeare: If to do...

William Shakespeare: If to do...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes'...

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Alexander Pope: Nor in the...

Alexander Pope: Nor in the...

Nor in the critic let the man be lost.

Source: An Essay on Criticism.
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Alexander Pope: Party-spirit . ....

Alexander Pope: Party-spirit . ....

Party-spirit . . . at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

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Alexander Pope: Words are like...

Alexander Pope: Words are like...

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely...

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William Shakespeare: I had rather...

William Shakespeare: I had rather...

I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: There's place and...

William Shakespeare: There's place and...

There's place and means for every man alive.

Source: All's Well that Ends Well, IV....

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William Shakespeare: I am not...

William Shakespeare: I am not...

I am not worthy of the wealth I owe, Nor dare I say 'tis mine, and yet it is; But, like a timorous thief, most fain...

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William Shakespeare: I cannot, nor...

William Shakespeare: I cannot, nor...

I cannot, nor I will not, hold me still;
My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his...

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William Shakespeare: Of folded schedules...

William Shakespeare: Of folded schedules...

Of folded schedules had she many a one,
Which she perused, sigh'd, tore, and gave the flood;
Crack'd many a ring...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O sweet and...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O sweet and...

O sweet and far from cliff and scar
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing!


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

O tell her, brief is life but love is long.

Source: The Princess, IV
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So I triumphed...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So I triumphed...

So I triumphed ere my passion, sweeping thro' me, left me dry,
Left me with the palsied heart, and left me with the...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sunset and evening...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Sunset and evening...

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to...

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Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there...

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Oscar Wilde: Public Opinion... an...

Oscar Wilde: Public Opinion... an...

Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical...

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Oscar Wilde: Life is too...

Oscar Wilde: Life is too...

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: It is well...

Oscar Wilde: It is well...

It is well for our vanity that we slay the criminal, for if we suffered him to live he might show us what we had...

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Oscar Wilde: The final mystery...

Oscar Wilde: The final mystery...

The final mystery is oneself.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Oscar Wilde: We quaff the...

Oscar Wilde: We quaff the...

We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim -- objects...

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