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Louise A Bogan: The intellectual is...

Louise A Bogan: The intellectual is...

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in...

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Aeschylus: It is not...

Aeschylus: It is not...

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

Source:...

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Francis Beaumont: Faith without works...

Francis Beaumont: Faith without works...

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never...

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Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

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Thornton Wilder: A living is...

Thornton Wilder: A living is...

A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

There was a young person of Tottenhem,
Whose manners, good Lord! she'd forgotten 'em.


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Aphra Behn: One hour of...

Aphra Behn: One hour of...

One hour of right-down love
Is worth an age of dully living on.


Source: In An...

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Colley Cibber: Stolen sweets are...

Colley Cibber: Stolen sweets are...

Stolen sweets are best.

Source: The Rival Fools, I.
-- Colley Cibber, (Nov 6...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Things seen are...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Things seen are...

Things seen are mightier than things heard.

Source: Enoch Arden.
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Pindar: Every gift, though...

Pindar: Every gift, though...

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

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Pindar: Seek not, my...

Pindar: Seek not, my...

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy...

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Jean de LaFontaine: In everything one...

Jean de LaFontaine: In everything one...

In everything one must consider the end.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel...

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Jean de LaFontaine: Patience and time...

Jean de LaFontaine: Patience and time...

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: I fear God,...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: I fear God,...

I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears Him not.

Source: In...

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Denise Levertov: One of the...

Denise Levertov: One of the...

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as...

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Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Anne Bradstreet: Youth is the...

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

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Basil Bunting: I hate Science....

Basil Bunting: I hate Science....

I hate Science. It denies a man's responsibility for his own deeds, abolishes the brotherhood that springs from God's...

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Andrew Marvell: This delicious Solitude....

Andrew Marvell: This delicious Solitude....

This delicious Solitude.

Source: The Garden.
-- Andrew Marvell, (Mar 31...

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Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not...

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Henry John Newbolt: Drake he's in...

Henry John Newbolt: Drake he's in...

Drake he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come.
(Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?)
Slung atween the...

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