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Jean Giraudoux: One of the...

Jean Giraudoux: One of the...

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Easy writings curse...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Easy writings curse...

Easy writings curse is hard reading.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Witter Bynner: Existence is beyond...

Witter Bynner: Existence is beyond...

Existence is beyond the power of words to define:
Terms may be used
But are none of them...

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Christopher Isherwood: Life is not...

Christopher Isherwood: Life is not...

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much...

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J B Priestley: Much of writing...

J B Priestley: Much of writing...

Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult...

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Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

Nikki Giovanni: If now isn't...

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

Source: In...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: I much prefer...

Titus Maccius Plautus: I much prefer...

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

Source: In...

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Dodie Smith: I have found...

Dodie Smith: I have found...

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

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Dodie Smith: Noble deeds and...

Dodie Smith: Noble deeds and...

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Source: I Capture the...

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Eugene O'Neill: Obsessed by a...

Eugene O'Neill: Obsessed by a...

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of...

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William Congreve: Tis well enough...

William Congreve: Tis well enough...

Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a...

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William Congreve: Invention flags, his...

William Congreve: Invention flags, his...

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
And black despair succeeds brown study.


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Pierre de Beaumarchais: Be commonplace and...

Pierre de Beaumarchais: Be commonplace and...

Be commonplace and creeping, and you will be a success.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

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Edmond Rostand: A kiss, when...

Edmond Rostand: A kiss, when...

A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the I in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of...

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Philip Massinger: I am driven<br>Into...

Philip Massinger: I am driven
Into...

I am driven
Into a desperate strait and cannot steer
A middle course.


Source:...

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Alexandre Dumas, fils: The chain of...

Alexandre Dumas, fils: The chain of...

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it -- and sometimes three.

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George Farquhar: I believe they...

George Farquhar: I believe they...

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Source: Scrub, in The...

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Aristophanes: By words the...

Aristophanes: By words the...

By words the mind is winged.

Source: The Birds.
-- Aristophanes, ( ...

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Eugene Ionesco: Beauty is a...

Eugene Ionesco: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of...

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