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Demosthenes: The readiest and...

Demosthenes: The readiest and...

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

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Demosthenes: Beware lest in...

Demosthenes: Beware lest in...

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

Source: In Wisdom of...

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Vaclav Havel: Anyone who takes...

Vaclav Havel: Anyone who takes...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh...

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Jawaharlal Nehru: Crises and deadlocks...

Jawaharlal Nehru: Crises and deadlocks...

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to...

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Frank Zappa: Some scientists claim...

Frank Zappa: Some scientists claim...

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I...

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Grover Cleveland: Though the people...

Grover Cleveland: Though the people...

Though the people support the government, the government should not support the people.

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William McKinley: Let us ever...

William McKinley: Let us ever...

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the...

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Jimmy Carter: You can do...

Jimmy Carter: You can do...

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you...

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Edwin A Robinson: The power is...

Edwin A Robinson: The power is...

The power is yours, but not the sight;
You see not upon what you tread;
You have the ages for your guide,...

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Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

Anne Bradstreet: I am obnoxious...

I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits,
A poet's pen all scorn I should...

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Elizabeth Bishop: The art of...

Elizabeth Bishop: The art of...

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is...

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William Watson: And must I...

William Watson: And must I...

And must I wholly banish hence
These red and golden juices,
And pay my vows to Abstinence,
That pallidest of...

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George Moses Horton: Oh! that my...

George Moses Horton: Oh! that my...

Oh! that my soul had winged its flight,
When first I saw the morning light,
To worlds of...

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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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Rupert Brooke: Just now the...

Rupert Brooke: Just now the...

Just now the lilac is in bloom
All before my little room.


Source: The Old...

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Andrew Marvell: The grave's a...

Andrew Marvell: The grave's a...

The grave's a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace.


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Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone...

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Sean O'Casey: The world's a...

Sean O'Casey: The world's a...

The world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

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-- Sean...

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Jean Anouilh: Life is very...

Jean Anouilh: Life is very...

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.

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Louise A Bogan: In a time...

Louise A Bogan: In a time...

In a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in...

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