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Tobias Smollett: Facts are stubborn...

Tobias Smollett: Facts are stubborn...

Facts are stubborn things.

Source: Gil Blas de Santillane, bk. 10, ch. 1,...

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Hesiod: Badness you can...

Hesiod: Badness you can...

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the...

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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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Thomas Campbell: Triumphal arch, that...

Thomas Campbell: Triumphal arch, that...

Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky
When storms prepare to part,
I ask not proud Philosophy
To teach me what...

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Andrew Marvell: Gather the flowers,...

Andrew Marvell: Gather the flowers,...

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

Source: The Picture of Little T.C. in a...

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Luigi Pirandello: Whatever is a...

Luigi Pirandello: Whatever is a...

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be --...

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Aphra Behn: All I ask,...

Aphra Behn: All I ask,...

All I ask, is the privilege for my masculine part the poet in me. . . . If I must not, because of my sex, have this...

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Robert Bolt: When a man...

Robert Bolt: When a man...

When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers...

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Neil Simon: Sports is the...

Neil Simon: Sports is the...

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the...

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Neil Simon: People with honorary...

Neil Simon: People with honorary...

People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new...

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Virgil: Believe one who...

Virgil: Believe one who...

Believe one who has tried it.

Source: In Reader's Digest.
-- Virgil, (Oct 15...

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Pindar: Every gift, though...

Pindar: Every gift, though...

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

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Francesco Petrarch: Who naught suspects...

Francesco Petrarch: Who naught suspects...

Who naught suspects is easily deceived.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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Dante: Worldly fame is...

Dante: Worldly fame is...

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes...

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Thomas Gray: Too poor for...

Thomas Gray: Too poor for...

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a...

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Robert Herrick: Who with a...

Robert Herrick: Who with a...

Who with a little cannot be content,
endures an everlasting punishment.


Source:...

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Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.

Source: The Poetical Works...

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Robert Burns: There is no...

Robert Burns: There is no...

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Source: Attributed.
-- Robert...

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Robert Burns: The best laid...

Robert Burns: The best laid...

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain
For promis'd...

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Thomas Campbell: Tis distance lends...

Thomas Campbell: Tis distance lends...

Tis distance lends enchantment to the view
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.


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