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Emily Dickinson: Anger as soon...

Emily Dickinson: Anger as soon...

Anger as soon as fed is dead -
'Tis starving makes it fat.


Source: Poems, Second...

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Philip Massinger: He that would...

Philip Massinger: He that would...

He that would govern others, first should be
The master of himself.


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Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

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Christopher Fry: I know your...

Christopher Fry: I know your...

I know your cause is lost, but in the heart
Of all right causes is a cause that cannot...

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Christopher Marlowe: Was this the...

Christopher Marlowe: Was this the...

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal...

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Thomas Otway: Shining through tears,...

Thomas Otway: Shining through tears,...

Shining through tears, like April suns in showers,
That labour to o'ercome the cloud that loads...

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Thomas Shadwell: No man is...

Thomas Shadwell: No man is...

No man is happy but by comparison.

Source: In The Forbes Book of Business...

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William Wycherley: Good fellowship and...

William Wycherley: Good fellowship and...

Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

Source:...

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Wilson Mizner: The gent who...

Wilson Mizner: The gent who...

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

Source: In...

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Wilson Mizner: Some of the...

Wilson Mizner: Some of the...

Some of the greatest love affairs I've known involved one actor, unassisted.

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Tristan Bernard: Men are always...

Tristan Bernard: Men are always...

Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.

Source: In The...

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Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in...

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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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Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold.

Source: The Lucky Chance, 1686.
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Neil Simon: You must realize...

Neil Simon: You must realize...

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into...

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Robert Frost: The brain is...

Robert Frost: The brain is...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to...

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Ludovico Ariosto: We soon believe...

Ludovico Ariosto: We soon believe...

We soon believe the things we would believe.

Source: Orlando Furioso, 1532.
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Thomas Gray: If the best...

Thomas Gray: If the best...

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his...

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Jean de LaFontaine: In everything one...

Jean de LaFontaine: In everything one...

In everything one must consider the end.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel...

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Edwin A Robinson: I don't say...

Edwin A Robinson: I don't say...

I don't say what God is, but a name
That somehow answers us when we are driven
To feel and think how little we...

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