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Maurice Maeterlinck: All our knowledge...

Maurice Maeterlinck: All our knowledge...

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know...

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Maurice Maeterlinck: A truth that...

Maurice Maeterlinck: A truth that...

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of...

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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 Giraudoux: The secret of...

Jean Giraudoux: The secret of...

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

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Thomas Otway: Children blessings seem,...

Thomas Otway: Children blessings seem,...

Children blessings seem, but torments are;
When young, our folly, and when old our...

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Thomas Otway: Clocks will go...

Thomas Otway: Clocks will go...

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.

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Pedro Calderon de la Barca: One may know...

Pedro Calderon de la Barca: One may know...

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

Source: In Correct...

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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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William Wycherley: I have been...

William Wycherley: I have been...

I have been toiling and moiling for the prettiest piece of china, my dear.

Source:...

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George Gordon Byron: If I don't...

George Gordon Byron: If I don't...

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand...

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Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Emily Dickinson: Find ecstasy in...

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Source: From Journey...

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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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Friedrich von Schiller: The voice of...

Friedrich von Schiller: The voice of...

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Charles Dibdin: For they say...

Charles Dibdin: For they say...

For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor...

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Harriet Monroe: . . ....

Harriet Monroe: . . ....

. . . poetry, 'The Cinderella of the Arts.'

Source: In Harriet Monroe, Famous...

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Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.
Few lend (but fools)
Their working...

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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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Miguel de Cervantes: Tell me what...

Miguel de Cervantes: Tell me what...

Tell me what company thou keepest, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Source: Don...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Take care, your...

Miguel de Cervantes: Take care, your...

Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.

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