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John Lyly: The greatest harm...

John Lyly: The greatest harm...

The greatest harm that you can do unto the envious, is to do well.

Source: In...

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Harriet Monroe: The people must...

Harriet Monroe: The people must...

The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they have else they will never have...

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Paul Eldridge: There are those...

Paul Eldridge: There are those...

There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the...

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Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

Source: In The...

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Martial: Lawyers are men...

Martial: Lawyers are men...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Naught venture naught have.

Source: October's Abstract.
-- Thomas Tusser, ( ...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is no...

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of...

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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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Sean O'Casey: Laughter is wine...

Sean O'Casey: Laughter is wine...

Laughter is wine for the soul -- laugh soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness. Comedy and tragedy...

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Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the...

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Francis Beaumont: Nothing's so dainty...

Francis Beaumont: Nothing's so dainty...

Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.

Source: The Nice Valour,...

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Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

Source: Goat...

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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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Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

''There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms of...

Hannah Cowley: The charms of...

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they...

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Terence Rattigan: A novelist may...

Terence Rattigan: A novelist may...

A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a...

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Christopher Hampton: I have always...

Christopher Hampton: I have always...

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

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David Hare: The poetry from...

David Hare: The poetry from...

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was...

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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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Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

Emily Dickinson: Tis so much...

'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a...

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