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Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

Eugene O'Neill: This is Daddy's...

This is Daddy's bedtime secret for today: Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is...

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Terence: The nature of...

Terence: The nature of...

The nature of all men is so formed that they see and discriminate in the affairs of others, much better than in their...

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Marsha Norman: People do think...

Marsha Norman: People do think...

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear...

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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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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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Eugene Ionesco: It is not...

Eugene Ionesco: It is not...

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Source: In Pearls of...

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Beth Henley: There are probably...

Beth Henley: There are probably...

There are probably brilliant people, geniuses, alive today who don't even know how to say, Hello, how do you do?...

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Beth Henley: And all writing...

Beth Henley: And all writing...

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won't have to bother doing it...

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Menander: Never ask the...

Menander: Never ask the...

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

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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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Jean Racine: One learns, said...

Jean Racine: One learns, said...

One learns, said the other, to howl with the wolves. (On apprend ? hurler, dit l'autre, avec les...

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Menander: Whom the gods...

Menander: Whom the gods...

Whom the gods love dies young.

Source: 'The Double Deceiver'; also expressed by...

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Menander: Nothing is more...

Menander: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more useful than silence.

Source:
-- Menander, ( 342-292BC), Greek...

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Edward Albee: You gotta have...

Edward Albee: You gotta have...

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

Source: Who's Afraid of...

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Louise A Bogan: But childhood prolonged,...

Louise A Bogan: But childhood prolonged,...

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Source:...

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Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

Louise A Bogan: I hope that...

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling about.

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Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Vita Sackville-West: Women, like men,...

Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of...

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Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly...

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Tennessee Williams: Make voyages....

Tennessee Williams: Make voyages....

Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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John Fletcher: Hit the nail...

John Fletcher: Hit the nail...

Hit the nail on the head.

Source: Love's Cure, Act ii. Sc. 1.
-- John Fletcher,...

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