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Jean de la Fontaine: But the shortest...

Jean de la Fontaine: But the shortest...

But the shortest works are always the best.

Source: Fables, X, 'Les Lapins'.
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Emma Lazarus: His cup is...

Emma Lazarus: His cup is...

His cup is gall, his meat is tears,
His passion lasts a thousand years.


Source:...

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George Moses Horton: Alas! and am...

George Moses Horton: Alas! and am...

Alas! and am I born for this? To wear this slavish chain?

Source: On Liberty and...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: I battered the...

I battered the cordons around me
And cradled my wings on the breeze,
Then soared to the uttermost...

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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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Delmore Schwartz: Major writing is...

Delmore Schwartz: Major writing is...

Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.

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Delmore Schwartz: All poets' wives...

Delmore Schwartz: All poets' wives...

All poets' wives have rotten lives Their husbands look at them like knives.

Source:...

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Anne Bradstreet: And he...

Anne Bradstreet: And he...

And he that knowes the most, cloth still bemoan
He knows not all that here is to be...

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Andrew Marvell: Self-preservation, nature's first...

Andrew Marvell: Self-preservation, nature's first...

Self-preservation, nature's first great law,
All the creatures, except man, doth awe.


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Andrew Marvell: Let us roll...

Andrew Marvell: Let us roll...

Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough...

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Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by...

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John Osborne: She's like the...

John Osborne: She's like the...

She's like the old line about justice - not only must be done but must be seen to be done.

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John Osborne: I don't think...

John Osborne: I don't think...

I don't think one `comes down' from Jimmy's university. According to him, it's not even red brick, but white...

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Aeschylus: Time as he...

Aeschylus: Time as he...

Time as he grows old teaches all things.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.

Source: In ...

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Wole Soyinka: I think it...

Wole Soyinka: I think it...

I think it rains
That tongues may loosen from the porch
Uncleave roof tops of the mouth, hang
heavy with...

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Tristan Bernard: In the theatre...

Tristan Bernard: In the theatre...

In the theatre the audience want to be surprised - but by things that they expect.

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J August Strindberg: I loathe people...

J August Strindberg: I loathe people...

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

There was a young person of Tottenhem,
Whose manners, good Lord! she'd forgotten 'em.


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Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

Ethel Watts Mumford: A man of...

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Source: In Oxford...

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