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Philip James Bailey: The worst men...

Philip James Bailey: The worst men...

The worst men often give the best advice.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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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Francis Thompson: Summer set lip...

Francis Thompson: Summer set lip...

Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare
And left the flushed print in a poppy there.


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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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Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Diane Wakoski: Learning to live...

Learning to live with what you're born with
is the process,
the involvement,
the making of a...

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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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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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Hesiod: If thou shouldst...

Hesiod: If thou shouldst...

If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become...

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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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Alexander Smith: I would rather...

Alexander Smith: I would rather...

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Source: In Webster's...

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Vladimir Mayakovsky: My verse<br>has brought...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: My verse
has brought...

My verse
has brought me
no roubles to spare:
no craftsmen have made
mahogany chairs for my...

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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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Jenny Joseph: I shall go...

Jenny Joseph: I shall go...

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to...

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Andrew Schneider: We hold in...

Andrew Schneider: We hold in...

We hold in our hands, the most precious gift of all Freedom. The freedom to express our art. Our love. The freedom to...

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Charlie Sheen: Usually in a...

Charlie Sheen: Usually in a...

Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.

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Charlie Sheen: There's an innocence...

Charlie Sheen: There's an innocence...

There's an innocence that has kind of gone away. Umm . . . the novelty factor hasn't been there for a...

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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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Marlon Brando: To grasp the...

Marlon Brando: To grasp the...

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his...

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Humphrey Bogart: Here's looking at...

Humphrey Bogart: Here's looking at...

Here's looking at you, kid.

Source: To Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca, 1942.
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