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Paul Newman: Newman's second law:...

Paul Newman: Newman's second law:...

Newman's second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black.

Source: In...

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Alan Alda: It isn't necessary...

Alan Alda: It isn't necessary...

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

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Scott Alexander: Understand that most...

Scott Alexander: Understand that most...

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you...

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May Swenson: The summer that...

May Swenson: The summer that...

The summer that I was ten --
Can it be there was only one summer that I was ten? It must
have been a long one...

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Caius Valerius Catullus: It is difficult...

Caius Valerius Catullus: It is difficult...

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Philip James Bailey: We live in...

Philip James Bailey: We live in...

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives...

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Robert Bridges: When first we...

Robert Bridges: When first we...

When first we met we did not guess
That Love would prove so hard a master.


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Robert Bridges: The day begins...

Robert Bridges: The day begins...

The day begins to droop, -
Its course is done:
But nothing tells the place
Of the setting...

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Andrew Marvell: Who can foretell...

Andrew Marvell: Who can foretell...

Who can foretell for what high cause
This darling of the Gods was born?


Source:...

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Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

This fellow did not see further than his own nose.

Source: Fables, III, 'Le Renard...

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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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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: The flowers take...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: The flowers take...

The flowers take the tears
of the weeping night
And give them to the sun
for the day's...

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George Moses Horton: Oh! that my...

George Moses Horton: Oh! that my...

Oh! that my soul had winged its flight,
When first I saw the morning light,
To worlds of...

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Tobias Smollett: I think for...

Tobias Smollett: I think for...

I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound.

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Tobias Smollett: Thy spirit, Independence,...

Tobias Smollett: Thy spirit, Independence,...

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share;
Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye,
Thy steps I follow with my bosom...

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Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: Art is not...

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

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Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be...

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Joseph Brodsky: There are worse...

Joseph Brodsky: There are worse...

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

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Joseph Brodsky: If a poet...

Joseph Brodsky: If a poet...

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice....

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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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