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William Wordsworth: The clouds that...

William Wordsworth: The clouds that...

The clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er...

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William Wordsworth: The good old...

William Wordsworth: The good old...

The good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should...

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George Bernard Shaw: Science is always...

George Bernard Shaw: Science is always...

Science is always wrong -- it never solves a problem without creating ten more.

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George Bernard Shaw: The savage bows...

George Bernard Shaw: The savage bows...

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and...

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George Bernard Shaw: We must not...

George Bernard Shaw: We must not...

We must not stay as we are, doing always what was done last time, or we shall stick in the mud. Yet neither must we...

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George Bernard Shaw: Well, sir, you...

George Bernard Shaw: Well, sir, you...

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing,...

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George Bernard Shaw: Truth telling is...

George Bernard Shaw: Truth telling is...

Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.

Source: Heartbreak...

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George Bernard Shaw: When you read...

George Bernard Shaw: When you read...

When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.

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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: [He] didn't dare...

George Bernard Shaw: [He] didn't dare...

[He] didn't dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his...

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William Shakespeare: Men shut their...

William Shakespeare: Men shut their...

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

Source: Timon of Athens, I. ii....

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William Shakespeare: A thousand moral...

William Shakespeare: A thousand moral...

A thousand moral paintings I can show
That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's
More pregnantly than...

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William Shakespeare: A man whom...

William Shakespeare: A man whom...

A man whom both the waters and the wind,
In that vast tennis-court, have made the ball
For them to play...

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William Shakespeare: He lives in...

William Shakespeare: He lives in...

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

Source: Titus Andronicus, I. i....

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William Shakespeare: And now this...

William Shakespeare: And now this...

And now this pale swan in her watery nest
Begins the sad dirge of her certain ending.


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William Shakespeare: From off a...

William Shakespeare: From off a...

From off a hill whose concave womb reworded
A plaintful story from a sistering vale,
My spirits to attend this...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Yet I doubt...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Yet I doubt...

Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of...

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Oscar Wilde: A true gentleman...

Oscar Wilde: A true gentleman...

A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Oscar Wilde: I don't like...

Oscar Wilde: I don't like...

I don't like Switzerland; it has produced nothing but theologians and waiters.

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