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Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

Source: Goat...

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Joe Orton: Reading isn't an...

Joe Orton: Reading isn't an...

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paper work down to a...

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David Hare: The poetry from...

David Hare: The poetry from...

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was...

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David Hare: Weak minds sink...

David Hare: Weak minds sink...

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high...

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Joaquin Miller: That man who...

Joaquin Miller: That man who...

That man who lives for self alone,
Lives for the meanest mortal known.


Source:...

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Countee Cullen: The play is...

Countee Cullen: The play is...

The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a...

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Robert Bridges: The day begins...

Robert Bridges: The day begins...

The day begins to droop, -
Its course is done:
But nothing tells the place
Of the setting...

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Theodore Roethke: Time marks us...

Theodore Roethke: Time marks us...

Time marks us while we are marking time.

Source: Straw for the Fire
-- Theodore...

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Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.


Source:...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edg[e], fitter to bruise than...

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Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

Anne Bradstreet: There is no...

There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evill that we feel, or fear, but we...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control;...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control;...

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign...

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Jean Anouilh: Until the day...

Jean Anouilh: Until the day...

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Source: Beckett,...

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Paul Eldridge: Many a necklace...

Paul Eldridge: Many a necklace...

Many a necklace becomes a noose.

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

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Vita Sackville-West: There are no...

Vita Sackville-West: There are no...

There are no signposts in the sea.

Source: No Signposts in the Sea, 1961.
--...

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Harold Pinter: I tend to...

Harold Pinter: I tend to...

I tend to believe that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth . . . certainly greater than sex,...

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Tristan Bernard: When we are...

Tristan Bernard: When we are...

When we are not rich enough to be able to purchase happiness, we must not approach too near and gaze on it in shop...

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Luigi Pirandello: Every true man,...

Luigi Pirandello: Every true man,...

Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living,...

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John Donne: Who are a...

John Donne: Who are a...

Who are a little wise the best fools be.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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John Donne: When one man...

John Donne: When one man...

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better...

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