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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: The heart of...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: The heart of...

The heart of a woman falls back with the night,
And enters some alien cage in its plight,
And tries to forget it...

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: No man is...

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: No man is...

No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.

Source: Pharsalia.
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Hesiod: We know how...

Hesiod: We know how...

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true...

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Hesiod: Potter is jealous...

Hesiod: Potter is jealous...

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet...

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Joseph Brodsky: Every individual ought...

Joseph Brodsky: Every individual ought...

Every individual ought to know at least one poet from cover to cover: if not as a guide through the world, then as a...

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Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the...

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J August Strindberg: I dream, therefore...

J August Strindberg: I dream, therefore...

I dream, therefore I exist.

Source: A Madman's Defense, pt. 1, ch. 7 (1968).
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Colley Cibber: This business will...

Colley Cibber: This business will...

This business will never hold water.

Source: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not, Act...

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Robert Bly: I have wandered...

Robert Bly: I have wandered...

I have wandered in a face, for hours . . .

Source: In The Concise Columbia...

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John Donne: When I must...

John Donne: When I must...

When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy...

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Joaquin Miller: The soul that...

Joaquin Miller: The soul that...

The soul that feeds on books alone --
I count that soul exceeding small
That lives alone by book and creed,...

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Joaquin Miller: All honor to...

Joaquin Miller: All honor to...

All honor to him who shall win the prize,'
The world has cried for a thousand years;
But to him who tries...

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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: Young man, how...

Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo: Young man, how...

Young man, how many loves have you? I have hardly any, cousin, for they are only seven: the first, who cuts my...

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Thomas Campbell: The world was...

Thomas Campbell: The world was...

The world was sad, the garden was a wild,
And man the hermit sigh'd--till woman...

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Joyce Kilmer: It is stern...

Joyce Kilmer: It is stern...

It is stern work, it is perilous work to thrust your hand in the sun
And pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm...

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Novalis: Where children are,...

Novalis: Where children are,...

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Paul Newman: Acting is a...

Paul Newman: Acting is a...

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own...

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Michael J Fox: I'm going to...

Michael J Fox: I'm going to...

I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the...

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Denzel Washington: I made a...

Denzel Washington: I made a...

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body...

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