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Benjamin Franklin: Pride breakfasted with...

Benjamin Franklin: Pride breakfasted with...

Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, supped with Infamy.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: I never thought...

George Bernard Shaw: I never thought...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from...

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George Bernard Shaw: People exaggerate the...

George Bernard Shaw: People exaggerate the...

People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have...

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George Bernard Shaw: Silence is the...

George Bernard Shaw: Silence is the...

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Source: Back to Methuselah.
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George Bernard Shaw: We know there...

George Bernard Shaw: We know there...

We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in...

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William Shakespeare: Some come to...

William Shakespeare: Some come to...

Some come to take their ease
And sleep an act or two.


Source: Henry VIII,...

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William Shakespeare: This above all:...

William Shakespeare: This above all:...

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to...

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William Shakespeare: This is the...

William Shakespeare: This is the...

This is the night
That either makes me or fordoes me quite.


Source: Othello, V....

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William Shakespeare: Care keeps his...

William Shakespeare: Care keeps his...

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.

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William Shakespeare: I am giddy,...

William Shakespeare: I am giddy,...

I am giddy, expectation whirls me round.
The imaginary relish is so sweet
That it enchants my...

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William Shakespeare: Misery acquaints a...

William Shakespeare: Misery acquaints a...

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

Source: The Tempest, II. ii....

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William Shakespeare: For the life...

William Shakespeare: For the life...

For the life to come, I sleep out the thought of it.

Source: The Winter's Tale, IV....

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William Shakespeare: He's winding up...

William Shakespeare: He's winding up...

He's winding up the watch of his wit. By and by it will strike.

Source: Sebastian,...

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William Shakespeare: He that loves...

William Shakespeare: He that loves...

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

Source: Timon of Athens,...

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William Shakespeare: A goodly apple...

William Shakespeare: A goodly apple...

A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!


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George Bernard Shaw: I make a...

George Bernard Shaw: I make a...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to...

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George Bernard Shaw: Suppose the world...

George Bernard Shaw: Suppose the world...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad...

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George Bernard Shaw: The price of...

George Bernard Shaw: The price of...

The price of ability does not depend on merit, but on supply and demand.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: What is the...

George Bernard Shaw: What is the...

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true...

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Oscar Wilde: One should not...

Oscar Wilde: One should not...

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually...

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