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Friedrich von Schiller: Keep true to...

Friedrich von Schiller: Keep true to...

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary, by...

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Charles Dibdin: What argufies pride...

Charles Dibdin: What argufies pride...

What argufies pride and ambition?
Soon or late death will take us in tow:
Each bullet has got its...

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Martial: Live thy life...

Martial: Live thy life...

Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.

Source: Epigrams, 7,...

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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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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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Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Men die but an idea does not.

Source: The Street Where I Live, 1978.
-- Alan Jay...

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Christopher Marlowe: Nature that fram'd...

Christopher Marlowe: Nature that fram'd...

Nature that fram'd us of four elements,
Warring within our breasts for regiment,
Doth teach us all to have...

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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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Friedrich von Schiller: Dare to be...

Friedrich von Schiller: Dare to be...

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Jean Anouilh: Some men like...

Jean Anouilh: Some men like...

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

Source: In...

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John Lyly: All men [are]...

John Lyly: All men [are]...

All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Great ages of art come only when a widespread creative impulse meets an equally widespread impulse of sympathy . ....

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Douglas Jerrold: Some people are...

Douglas Jerrold: Some people are...

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

Source: In...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

The majority of those who put together collections of verses or epigrams resemble those who eat cherries or oysters:...

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