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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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George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think...

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George Bernard Shaw: You use a...

George Bernard Shaw: You use a...

You use a glass mirror to see your face: you use works of art to see your soul.

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William Shakespeare: Forbear to judge,...

William Shakespeare: Forbear to judge,...

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.

Source: Henry VI, Pt. 2, III, iii.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou madest man,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou madest man,...

Thou madest man, he knows not why.

Source: In Memoriam, Prologue
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

Source: The Picture of...

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William Wordsworth: Men are we,...

William Wordsworth: Men are we,...

Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade
Of that which once was great is passed...

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Alexander Pope: Damn with faint...

Alexander Pope: Damn with faint...

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And, without sneering, teach the rest to...

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Alexander Pope: On life's vast...

Alexander Pope: On life's vast...

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

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Alexander Pope: Pride, the never...

Alexander Pope: Pride, the never...

Pride, the never failing vice of fools.

Source: An Essay on Criticism, 204
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Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said.
Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
The dog-star...

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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: Satan is wiser...

Alexander Pope: Satan is wiser...

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Source:...

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Alexander Pope: Two purposes in...

Alexander Pope: Two purposes in...

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.

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Alexander Pope: While pensive poets...

Alexander Pope: While pensive poets...

While pensive poets painful vigils keep
Sleepless themselves to give their readers...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Believing where we...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Believing where we...

Believing where we cannot prove.

Source: In Memoriam, Prologue
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dear as remembered...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dear as remembered...

Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd
On lips that are for others:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dreams are true...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dreams are true...

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

Source: The Higher...

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