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Thomas Middleton: A little too...

Thomas Middleton: A little too...

A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.

Source: Phoenix, act 1, sc....

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Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Euripides: Cleverness is not...

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection,...

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Lydia M Child: Every human being...

Lydia M Child: Every human being...

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not...

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A great poet...

A great poet...

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Source: Letter to Bettina von...

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Clive Barker: The threads can...

Clive Barker: The threads can...

The threads can always be traced back to some earlier tale, and to the tales that preceded that; though as the...

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Euripides: If we could...

Euripides: If we could...

If we could be twice young and twice old, we could correct all our mistakes.

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Barbara Bush: The winner of...

Barbara Bush: The winner of...

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal...

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Eric Butterworth: One of the...

Eric Butterworth: One of the...

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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America is not...

America is not...

America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out...

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Aristophanes: Quickly, bring me...

Aristophanes: Quickly, bring me...

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

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Alice Walker: Expect nothing. Live...

Alice Walker: Expect nothing. Live...

Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.


Source: Expect Nothing, Revolutionary...

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Mikhail Bakunin: From the naturalistic...

Mikhail Bakunin: From the naturalistic...

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic...

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Guy Debord: Art need no...

Guy Debord: Art need no...

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved...

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Ashley Montagu: Human beings are...

Ashley Montagu: Human beings are...

Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of...

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Mikhail Bakunin: The passion for...

Mikhail Bakunin: The passion for...

The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.

Source: Reaction in...

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William Gilbert: Down went the...

William Gilbert: Down went the...

Down went the owners --greedy men whom hope of gain allured:
Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily...

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Jean Giraudoux: We all know...

Jean Giraudoux: We all know...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as...

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Ossie Davis: I find, in...

Ossie Davis: I find, in...

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

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Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot...

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Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Eudora Welty: Writing fiction has...

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to...

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