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William Wordsworth: Strange fits of...

William Wordsworth: Strange fits of...

Strange fits of passion have I known:
And I will dare to tell,
But in the lover's ear alone,
What once to me...

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William Wordsworth: Thus was I...

William Wordsworth: Thus was I...

Thus was I reconverted to the world;
Society became my glittering bride,
And airy hopes my...

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Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Cecil Graham: What is a cynic?
Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of...

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Oscar Wilde: Laughter is not...

Oscar Wilde: Laughter is not...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As on this...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: As on this...

As on this whirligig of Time
We circle with the seasons.


Source: Will...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He seems so...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He seems so...

He seems so near and yet so far.

Source: In Memoriam, 97 (Note: the stanza numbers...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: No rock so...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: No rock so...

No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh for someone...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Oh for someone...

Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Then comes the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Then comes the...

Then comes the check, the change, the fall,
Pain rises up, old pleasures pall,
There is one remedy for...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The days darken...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The days darken...

The days darken round me and the years,
Among new men, strange faces, other minds.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Time, a maniac...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Time, a maniac...

Time, a maniac scattering dust,
And Life, a Fury slinging flame.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To rust unburnished,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: To rust unburnished,...

To rust unburnished, not to shine in use.

Source: Ulysses, 23
-- Alfred, Lord...

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William Wordsworth: Give all thou...

William Wordsworth: Give all thou...

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore
Of nicely-calculated less or more.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis better to...

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Source: In...

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George Bernard Shaw: A perpetual holiday...

George Bernard Shaw: A perpetual holiday...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Source: Quoted by Charles...

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George Bernard Shaw: I hate, performers...

George Bernard Shaw: I hate, performers...

I hate, performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation.

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George Bernard Shaw: Money is indeed...

George Bernard Shaw: Money is indeed...

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality...

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Oscar Wilde: One should either...

Oscar Wilde: One should either...

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Source: Phrases and...

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George Bernard Shaw: No man who...

George Bernard Shaw: No man who...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his...

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George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

George Bernard Shaw: The golden rule...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Source: Man and Superman,...

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