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George Herbert: Dare to be...

George Herbert: Dare to be...

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

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George Herbert: A man of...

George Herbert: A man of...

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

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George Herbert: The cow knows...

George Herbert: The cow knows...

The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.

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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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August Wilson: When you look...

August Wilson: When you look...

When you look at a fellow, if you taught yourself to look for it, you can see his song written on him. Tell you what...

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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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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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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: 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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Thomas Middleton: This was a...

Thomas Middleton: This was a...

This was a good week's labor.

Source: Anything for a Quiet Life, act 5, sc....

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Aristophanes: You cannot teach...

Aristophanes: You cannot teach...

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.

Source: From a collection of quotations...

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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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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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Aristophanes: These impossible women!...

Aristophanes: These impossible women!...

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without...

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Eugene Ionesco: Shakespeare was the...

Eugene Ionesco: Shakespeare was the...

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

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Philip Massinger: And what, in...

Philip Massinger: And what, in...

And what, in a mean man, I should call folly,
Is in your majesty remarkable wisdom.


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Philip Massinger: Death hath<br>had a...

Philip Massinger: Death hath
had a...

Death hath
had a thousand doors to let out life,
I shall find one. . . From a loath'd life,
I'll not an hour...

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George Farquhar: Sir, you shall...

George Farquhar: Sir, you shall...

Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.

Source: The Beaux' Stratagem, I. i
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George Farquhar: We are the...

George Farquhar: We are the...

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of...

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Rudolf Bing: We are similar...

Rudolf Bing: We are similar...

We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames.

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