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George Bernard Shaw: When it comes...

George Bernard Shaw: When it comes...

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

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George Bernard Shaw: You are a...

George Bernard Shaw: You are a...

You are a very poor soldier: a chocolate cream soldier!

Source: Arms and the Man,...

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George Bernard Shaw: You will never...

George Bernard Shaw: You will never...

You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

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William Shakespeare: Every subject's duty...

William Shakespeare: Every subject's duty...

Every subject's duty is the king's: but every subject's soul is his own.

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William Shakespeare: Men prize the...

William Shakespeare: Men prize the...

Men prize the thing ungained more than it is.

Source: King Henry VIII.
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William Shakespeare: We know what...

William Shakespeare: We know what...

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

Source: Hamlet, IV. v....

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William Shakespeare: Warble, child; make...

William Shakespeare: Warble, child; make...

Warble, child; make passionate my sense of hearing.

Source: Love's Labour's Lost,...

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William Shakespeare: Haste still pays...

William Shakespeare: Haste still pays...

Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure;
Like doth quit like, and Measure still for...

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William Shakespeare: Tis the soldier's...

William Shakespeare: Tis the soldier's...

'Tis the soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers waked with strife.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: Tis better to...

William Shakespeare: Tis better to...

Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed,
When not to be receives reproach of being.


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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 was from...

George Bernard Shaw: It was from...

It was from Handel that I learned that style consists in force of assertion.

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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: No question is...

George Bernard Shaw: No question is...

No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious.

Source:...

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Walter Bagehot: He believes, with...

Walter Bagehot: He believes, with...

He believes, with all his heart and soul and strength, that there is such a thing as truth; he has the soul of a...

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Walter Bagehot: It has been...

Walter Bagehot: It has been...

It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.

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Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is...

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MORE, adj. The...

MORE, adj. The...

MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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PIANO, n. A...

PIANO, n. A...

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and...

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PLAGIARIZE, v. To...

PLAGIARIZE, v. To...

PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never...

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