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Wilfred Owen: And in the...

Wilfred Owen: And in the...

And in the happy no-time of his sleeping
Death took him by the heart.


Source:...

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Wilfred Owen: Above all I...

Wilfred Owen: Above all I...

Above all I am not concerned with Poetry. My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the...

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Stevie Smith: Fourteen-year-old, why must...

Stevie Smith: Fourteen-year-old, why must...

Fourteen-year-old, why must you giggle and dote,
Fourteen-year-old, why are you such a goat?
I'm fourteen years...

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Georgia Douglas Johnson: The heart of...

Georgia Douglas Johnson: The heart of...

The heart of a woman falls back with the night,
And enters some alien cage in its plight,
And tries to forget it...

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: No man is...

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: No man is...

No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.

Source: Pharsalia.
--...

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Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Why came I so untimely forth
Into a world which, wanting thee,
Could entertain us with no worth
Or shadow of...

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Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Though with judgment we on things reflect,
Our will determines, not our intellect.


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Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

Joseph Brodsky: A poet is...

A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the...

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

Source: A Precocious...

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Jenny Joseph: When I am...

Jenny Joseph: When I am...

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall...

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Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When...

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Louis Aragon: Light is meaningful...

Louis Aragon: Light is meaningful...

Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is impossible...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is impossible...

Nothing is impossible in Russia but reform.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious...

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Samuel Beckett: Nothing matters but...

Samuel Beckett: Nothing matters but...

Nothing matters but writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile. . . a stain upon the...

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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: Knowledge is power,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

Source: In Readers'...

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Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Source: The Rover, Pt II. I
-- Aphra Behn, (Jul...

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Robert Browning: And gain is...

Robert Browning: And gain is...

And gain is gain, however small.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Ovid: Seeking is all...

Ovid: Seeking is all...

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for...

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