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Miguel de Cervantes: Good painters imitate...

Miguel de Cervantes: Good painters imitate...

Good painters imitate nature, bad ones spew it up.

Source: El Licenciado...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Three things too...

Miguel de Cervantes: Three things too...

Three things too much, and three things too little are pernicious to man: to speak much, and know little; to spend...

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Sean O'Casey: Laughter is wine...

Sean O'Casey: Laughter is wine...

Laughter is wine for the soul -- laugh soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness. Comedy and tragedy...

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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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Marcel Pagnol: One has to...

Marcel Pagnol: One has to...

One has to look out for engineers -- they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic...

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Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

''There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a...

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Christopher Fry: I sometimes think<br>His...

Christopher Fry: I sometimes think
His...

I sometimes think
His critical judgement is so exquisite
It leaves us nothing to admire except his...

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Sara Teasdale: When I can...

Sara Teasdale: When I can...

When I can look Life in the eyes,
Grown calm and very coldly wise,
Life will have given me the Truth,
And...

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Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Lillian Hellman: Nothing you write,...

Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.

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Edward Albee: If Attila the...

Edward Albee: If Attila the...

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

Source: In Webster's...

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William Congreve: Uncertainty and expectation...

William Congreve: Uncertainty and expectation...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing...

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Maxwell Anderson: A dramatist is...

Maxwell Anderson: A dramatist is...

A dramatist is usually thought of as a slightly benighted child of nature who somehow or other did it all on a Ouija...

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Maxwell Anderson: From the point...

Maxwell Anderson: From the point...

From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual...

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Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.

Source: The...

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Menander: Know thyself' is...

Menander: Know thyself' is...

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know...

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Alexandre Dumas, fils: If God were...

Alexandre Dumas, fils: If God were...

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill...

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Philip Massinger: And what, in...

Philip Massinger: And what, in...

And what, in a mean man, I should call folly,
Is in your majesty remarkable wisdom.


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John Ciardi: It is easy...

John Ciardi: It is easy...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy...

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John Lyly: Where the mind...

John Lyly: Where the mind...

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Martial: To the ashes...

Martial: To the ashes...

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

Source: Epigrams, I, 25, A.D. 86;...

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