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William Shakespeare: Study is like...

William Shakespeare: Study is like...

Study is like the heaven's glorious sun,
That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks;
Small have continuous...

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William Shakespeare: The first, 'the...

William Shakespeare: The first, 'the...

The first, 'the retort courteous'; the second, 'the quip modest'; the third, 'the reply churlish'; the fourth, 'the...

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William Shakespeare: I earn that...

William Shakespeare: I earn that...

I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness, glad of other men's good, content with...

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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 an ill...

William Shakespeare: Tis an ill...

Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

Source: Romeo and Juliet,...

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William Shakespeare: Our stern alarums...

William Shakespeare: Our stern alarums...

Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings;
Our dreadful marches to delightful...

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William Shakespeare: And thus I...

William Shakespeare: And thus I...

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I...

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William Shakespeare: He took the...

William Shakespeare: He took the...

He took the bride about the neck
And kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack
That at the parting all the...

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William Shakespeare: Perseverance, dear my...

William Shakespeare: Perseverance, dear my...

Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honour bright: to have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty...

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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: Here are a...

William Shakespeare: Here are a...

Here are a few of the unpleasant'st words
That ever blotted paper!


Source: The...

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George Bernard Shaw: Old men are...

George Bernard Shaw: Old men are...

Old men are dangerous; it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

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George Bernard Shaw: O Lord!...

George Bernard Shaw: O Lord!...

O Lord! I don't know which is the worst of the country, the walking or the sitting at home with nothing to...

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George Bernard Shaw: The art of...

George Bernard Shaw: The art of...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of...

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George Bernard Shaw: The only way...

George Bernard Shaw: The only way...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or...

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POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A...

POSITIVISM, n. A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its...

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PRISON, n. A...

PRISON, n. A...

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that Stone walls do not a prison make, but a...

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RABBLE, n. In...

RABBLE, n. In...

RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fraudulent elections. The rabble is like...

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PROPERTY, n. Any...

PROPERTY, n. Any...

PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever...

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RED-SKIN, n. A...

RED-SKIN, n. A...

RED-SKIN, n. A North American Indian, whose skin is not red -- at least not on the...

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