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Thomas Tusser: Seek home for...

Thomas Tusser: Seek home for...

Seek home for rest,
For home is best.


Source: Five Hundred Points of Good...

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Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Naught venture naught have.

Source: October's Abstract.
-- Thomas Tusser, ( ...

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Nicolas Boileau: The world is...

Nicolas Boileau: The world is...

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Every production must...

Miguel de Cervantes: Every production must...

Every production must resemble its author.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

The charms that heIped to catch the husband are generally laid by, one after another, till the lady grows a downright...

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Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Thornton Wilder: Never support two...

Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners --your lecherous liars and your miserly...

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Aphra Behn: All I ask,...

Aphra Behn: All I ask,...

All I ask, is the privilege for my masculine part the poet in me. . . . If I must not, because of my sex, have this...

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Imamu Amiri Baraka: A man is...

Imamu Amiri Baraka: A man is...

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

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Robert Bolt: It profits a...

Robert Bolt: It profits a...

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for Wales!

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William Carlos Williams: Times change and...

William Carlos Williams: Times change and...

Times change and forms and their meanings alter. Thus new poems are necessary. Their forms must be discovered in the...

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John Donne: No man is...

John Donne: No man is...

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away...

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Joaquin Miller: Fame lulls the...

Joaquin Miller: Fame lulls the...

Fame lulls the fever of the soul, and makes
Us feel that we have grasp'd an...

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Edmund Spenser: He that strives...

Edmund Spenser: He that strives...

He that strives to touch the stars oft stumbles at a straw.

Source: In The...

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Martin Tupper: He who does...

Martin Tupper: He who does...

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...

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David Hare: Weak minds sink...

David Hare: Weak minds sink...

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high...

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Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

Thornton Wilder: The planting of...

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the...

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Thornton Wilder: Ninety-nine per cent...

Thornton Wilder: Ninety-nine per cent...

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of...

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Oscar Wilde: The English country...

Oscar Wilde: The English country...

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the...

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Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Oscar Wilde: Technique is really...

Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and...

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Alexander Pope: Fools rush in...

Alexander Pope: Fools rush in...

Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.

Source: An Essay on Criticism ...

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