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Delmore Schwartz: All poets' wives...

Delmore Schwartz: All poets' wives...

All poets' wives have rotten lives Their husbands look at them like knives.

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Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Edith Sitwell: Why not be...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound why try to look like a...

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Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone,
That never mused on sorrow but its own.


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George Bernard Shaw: The notion that...

George Bernard Shaw: The notion that...

The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.

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Alan Jay Lerner: An Englishman's way...

Alan Jay Lerner: An Englishman's way...

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him

Source: My Fair Lady,...

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Stanislaw Lec: Intelligence, in diapers,...

Stanislaw Lec: Intelligence, in diapers,...

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it...

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Friedrich von Schiller: It hinders the...

Friedrich von Schiller: It hinders the...

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour...

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Louise A Bogan: I cannot believe...

Louise A Bogan: I cannot believe...

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Jests that give...

Miguel de Cervantes: Jests that give...

Jests that give pains are no jests.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Sean O'Casey: You cannot put...

Sean O'Casey: You cannot put...

You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea; you cannot put an idea up against the barrack-square wall and riddle...

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Peter Shaffer: All my wife...

Peter Shaffer: All my wife...

All my wife has ever taken from the Mediterranean - from that whole vast intuitive culture - are four bottles of...

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John Ciardi: The reader deserves...

John Ciardi: The reader deserves...

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

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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: Man is his...

John Fletcher: Man is his...

Man is his own star; and the soul that can
Render an honest and a perfect man
Commands all light, all influence,...

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Samuel Foote: They all fell...

Samuel Foote: They all fell...

They all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gun powder ran out at the heels of their...

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George Herbert: Follow not truth...

George Herbert: Follow not truth...

Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.

Source: Jacula...

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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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Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

Louise Erdrich: You know, some...

You know, some people fall right through the hole in their lives. It's invisible, but they come to it after time,...

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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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