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William Gilbert: You've no idea...

William Gilbert: You've no idea...

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself -- and how little I deserve it.

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William Gilbert: Things are seldom...

William Gilbert: Things are seldom...

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.


Source: In The...

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Philip Massinger: To doubt is...

Philip Massinger: To doubt is...

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on...

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August Wilson: There's no idea...

August Wilson: There's no idea...

There's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in...

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Wilson Mizner: I can usually...

Wilson Mizner: I can usually...

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

Source: The...

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Martial: Fortune gives too...

Martial: Fortune gives too...

Fortune gives too much to many, but enough to none.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Tusser: At Christmas play...

Thomas Tusser: At Christmas play...

At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.


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Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

Sarah Josepha Hale: . . ....

. . . rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Good painters imitate...

Miguel de Cervantes: Good painters imitate...

Good painters imitate nature, bad ones spew it up.

Source: El Licenciado...

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Terry McMillan: It takes me...

Terry McMillan: It takes me...

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God...

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Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

Vita Sackville-West: It is necessary...

It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly...

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Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Marcel Pagnol: Honor is like...

Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Terence Rattigan: She has ideas...

Terence Rattigan: She has ideas...

She has ideas above her station . . . How would you say that in French? . . . you can't say au-dessus de sa gare. It...

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David Hare: Weak minds sink...

David Hare: Weak minds sink...

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high...

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Christopher Fry: How nature loves...

Christopher Fry: How nature loves...

How nature loves the incomplete. She knows
If she drew a conclusion it would finish...

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Christopher Fry: What after all<br>Is...

Christopher Fry: What after all
Is...

What after all
Is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.


Source: The...

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Brendan Behan: New York is...

Brendan Behan: New York is...

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment . . . . a place where you're least likely to be bitten my...

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Joseph Brodsky: Life, the way...

Joseph Brodsky: Life, the way...

Life, the way it really is, is a battle not between Bad and Good but between Bad and...

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George Gordon Byron: I only go...

George Gordon Byron: I only go...

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

Source: Byron's Letters...

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