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William Shakespeare: For new-made honour...

William Shakespeare: For new-made honour...

For new-made honour doth forget men's names.

Source: King John, I. i. (87).
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George Bernard Shaw: The reasonable man...

George Bernard Shaw: The reasonable man...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself....

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George Bernard Shaw: A drama critic...

George Bernard Shaw: A drama critic...

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

Source: In NY Times, 5 Nov...

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George Bernard Shaw: All great truths...

George Bernard Shaw: All great truths...

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Source: Annajanska.
-- George Bernard...

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George Bernard Shaw: Am reserving two...

George Bernard Shaw: Am reserving two...

Am reserving two tickets for you for my premi?re. Come and bring a friend if you have one.

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William Wordsworth: Tis said that...

William Wordsworth: Tis said that...

'Tis said that some have died for love.

Source: ''Tis Said That Some Have...

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William Wordsworth: Think you, 'mid...

William Wordsworth: Think you, 'mid...

Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum
Of things forever speaking.
That nothing of itself will come,
But we must...

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William Wordsworth: I heard a...

William Wordsworth: I heard a...

I heard a thousand blended notes
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant...

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William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

William Wordsworth: Thou dost preserve...

Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong.

Source: Ode to Duty
-- William...

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William Wordsworth: The grim shape<br>Towered...

William Wordsworth: The grim shape
Towered...

The grim shape
Towered up between me and the stars, and still,
For so it seemed, with purpose of its own
And...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Live and lie...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Live and lie...

Live and lie reclined
On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out the...

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The rise<br>And long...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The rise
And long...

The rise
And long roll of the Hexameter.


Source: Lucretius, 10
-- Alfred,...

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Oscar Wilde: Few parents nowadays...

Oscar Wilde: Few parents nowadays...

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old-fashioned respect for the young is...

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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: Tis education forms...

Alexander Pope: Tis education forms...

Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.


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Alexander Pope: Wit that can...

Alexander Pope: Wit that can...

Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.

Source: Epistle to Dr....

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William Shakespeare: What stronger breastplate...

William Shakespeare: What stronger breastplate...

What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted!
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but...

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William Shakespeare: Fair flowers that...

William Shakespeare: Fair flowers that...

Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime
Rot and consume themselves in little...

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Oscar Wilde: Pessimist -- one...

Oscar Wilde: Pessimist -- one...

Pessimist -- one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Source: In...

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