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George Herbert: A lean compromise...

George Herbert: A lean compromise...

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Louise Erdrich: For a short...

Louise Erdrich: For a short...

For a short while, our mothers bodies are the boundaries and personal geography which are all that we know of the...

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Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time,...

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Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

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Lillian Hellman: Success isn't everything...

Lillian Hellman: Success isn't everything...

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.

Source: Julian, in Toys...

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William Gilbert: No good play...

William Gilbert: No good play...

No good play is a success; fine writing and high morals are useless on the stage. I have been scribbling twaddle for...

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William Gilbert: Things are seldom...

William Gilbert: Things are seldom...

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.


Source: In The...

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August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.

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Arthur Miller: If I see...

Arthur Miller: If I see...

If I see an ending. I can work backwards.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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William Congreve: Music hath charm...

William Congreve: Music hath charm...

Music hath charm to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.


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Terence: This I consider...

Terence: This I consider...

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

Source:...

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Maxwell Anderson: A dramatist is...

Maxwell Anderson: A dramatist is...

A dramatist is usually thought of as a slightly benighted child of nature who somehow or other did it all on a Ouija...

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Maxwell Anderson: There are some...

Maxwell Anderson: There are some...

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that...

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Marsha Norman: There are things...

Marsha Norman: There are things...

There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is...

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Marsha Norman: We are not...

Marsha Norman: We are not...

We are not afraid to look under the bed, or to wash the sheets; we know that life is messy. We know that somebody has...

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John Ford: Honour,<br>How much we...

John Ford: Honour,
How much we...

Honour,
How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee.


Source: The Broken...

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Aristophanes: Men of sense...

Aristophanes: Men of sense...

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson...

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Menander: He who labors...

Menander: He who labors...

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and...

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Alexandre Dumas, fils: If God were...

Alexandre Dumas, fils: If God were...

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill...

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George Farquhar: Observe this, that...

George Farquhar: Observe this, that...

Observe this, that tho' a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if...

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