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Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Hannah Cowley: Every body about...

Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere...

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George S Kaufman: At dramatic rehearsals,...

George S Kaufman: At dramatic rehearsals,...

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

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Thomas Shadwell: And wit's the...

Thomas Shadwell: And wit's the...

And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Source: A True Widow, II. i
-- Thomas...

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William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

William Wordsworth: Nuns fret not...

Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room;
And hermits are contented with their...

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Tom Stoppard: The truth is...

Tom Stoppard: The truth is...

The truth is always a compound of two half-truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to...

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John Fletcher: There 's naught...

John Fletcher: There 's naught...

There 's naught in this life sweet,
If man were wise to see 't,
But only melancholy;
O sweetest...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: If literature isn't...

Jean-Paul Sartre: If literature isn't...

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

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George Herbert: The worst speak...

George Herbert: The worst speak...

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth...

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Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...

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Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's...

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Menander: We live, not...

Menander: We live, not...

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jean Racine: She wavers, she...

Jean Racine: She wavers, she...

She wavers, she hesitates; in one word, she is a woman. (Elle flotte, elle h?site; en un mot, elle est...

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Jean Racine: Oh, I have...

Jean Racine: Oh, I have...

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him. (Ah! je l'ai trop aim? pour ne le point...

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James Matthew Barrie: It is not...

James Matthew Barrie: It is not...

It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.

Source:...

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Certainly nothing is...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Certainly nothing is...

Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

Source: 'The...

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Christopher Fry: I sometimes think<br>His...

Christopher Fry: I sometimes think
His...

I sometimes think
His critical judgement is so exquisite
It leaves us nothing to admire except his...

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William Shakespeare: Ideas are the...

William Shakespeare: Ideas are the...

Ideas are the very coinage of your brain.

Source: In The New Webster's Dictionary...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Zora Neale Hurston: Ships at a...

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Source: Their Eyes were...

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Brendan Behan: I wish I'd...

Brendan Behan: I wish I'd...

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

Source: The Hostage, II.
-- Brendan Behan, (Feb...

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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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