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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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Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a...

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Louise A Bogan: [Your work] is...

Louise A Bogan: [Your work] is...

[Your work] is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Source: In...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Make it thy...

Miguel de Cervantes: Make it thy...

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will...

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Francis Beaumont: It is more...

Francis Beaumont: It is more...

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

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Shelagh Delaney: Women never have...

Shelagh Delaney: Women never have...

Women never have young minds. They were born three thousand years old.

Source: A...

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David Hare: Sudden resolutions, like...

David Hare: Sudden resolutions, like...

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the...

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David Hare: The ultimate tendency...

David Hare: The ultimate tendency...

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

Source: In The...

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John Fletcher: Weep no more,...

John Fletcher: Weep no more,...

Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan,
Sorrow calls no time that 's gone;
Violets plucked, the sweetest...

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May Sarton: Don't forget that...

May Sarton: Don't forget that...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness,...

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Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all...

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William Gilbert: Down went the...

William Gilbert: Down went the...

Down went the owners --greedy men whom hope of gain allured:
Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily...

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August Wilson: Confront the dark...

August Wilson: Confront the dark...

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to...

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Marsha Norman: There are things...

Marsha Norman: There are things...

There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting could never do, or sculpture. Music is...

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Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Marsha Norman: Success is always...

Success is always something that you have to recover from.

Source: Interviews with...

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Menander: We live, not...

Menander: We live, not...

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Jean Racine: She wavers, she...

Jean Racine: She wavers, she...

She wavers, she hesitates; in one word, she is a woman. (Elle flotte, elle h?site; en un mot, elle est...

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Philip Massinger: Now speak,<br>Or be...

Philip Massinger: Now speak,
Or be...

Now speak,
Or be for ever silent.


Source: The Duke of Milan, IV. iii.
--...

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Stephen Potter: A good general...

Stephen Potter: A good general...

A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.

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