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Friedrich von Schiller: Dare to be...

Friedrich von Schiller: Dare to be...

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

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

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Martial: A good man...

Martial: A good man...

A good man doubles the length of his existence; to have lived so as to look back with pleasure on our past life is to...

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Thomas Tusser: Fear God, and...

Thomas Tusser: Fear God, and...

Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws,
And keep thyself out of the magistrate's...

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Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Louise A Bogan: Life and death...

Life and death occur, as they must, but they are all bound up with love and hatred, in the individual bosom, and it is...

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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 Gordon Byron: I only go...

George Gordon Byron: I only go...

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

Source: Byron's Letters...

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Thomas Shadwell: Words may be...

Thomas Shadwell: Words may be...

Words may be false and full of art;
Sighs are the natural language of the heart.


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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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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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John Osborne: I don't think...

John Osborne: I don't think...

I don't think one `comes down' from Jimmy's university. According to him, it's not even red brick, but white...

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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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William Gilbert: You've no idea...

William Gilbert: You've no idea...

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself -- and how little I deserve it.

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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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Aphra Behn: He that knew...

Aphra Behn: He that knew...

He that knew all that ever learning writ,
Knew only this -- that he knew nothing yet.


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William Carlos Williams: Afraid lest he...

William Carlos Williams: Afraid lest he...

Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated -- thrown aside -- a man...

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