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Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Kingsley Amis: Self criticism must...

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue,...

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Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

Robert Penn Warren: How do poems...

How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.

Source: Poetry Is a Kind of...

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Mary Renault: You can make...

Mary Renault: You can make...

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

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Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Elizabeth Bowen: Experience isn't interesting...

Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is...

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George Sand: One approaches the...

George Sand: One approaches the...

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

Source:...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

Sarah Orne Jewett: In the life...

In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or...

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Osbert Sitwell: Poetry is like...

Osbert Sitwell: Poetry is like...

Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the...

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Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's...

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Samuel Smiles: We often discover...

Samuel Smiles: We often discover...

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a...

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Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Richard Hughes: Middle age snuffs...

Middle age snuffs our more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.

Source: The...

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I write in...

I write in...

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving...

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The fact that...

The fact that...

The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply...

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How few of...

How few of...

How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.

Source:...

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Don't dwell on...

Don't dwell on...

Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward...

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Benjamin Franklin may...

Benjamin Franklin may...

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the...

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Delightful task! to...

Delightful task! to...

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.


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A bard here...

A bard here...

A bard here dwelt, more fat than bard beseems.
A little round, fat, oily man of God.


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An elegant sufficiency,...

An elegant sufficiency,...

An elegant sufficiency, content,
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,
Ease and alternate labour, useful...

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We need old...

We need old...

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

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A lady, that...

A lady, that...

A lady, that is an enlightened, cultivated, liberal lady,... could espouse any cause: wayward girls, social diseases,...

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