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Vachel Lindsay: To live in...

Vachel Lindsay: To live in...

To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

Jean de la Fontaine: This fellow did...

This fellow did not see further than his own nose.

Source: Fables, III, 'Le Renard...

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William Watson: We hold our...

William Watson: We hold our...

We hold our hate too choice a thing
For light and careless lavishing.


Source:...

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Diane Wakoski: The best young...

Diane Wakoski: The best young...

The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first...

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Martial: Epigrams need no...

Martial: Epigrams need no...

Epigrams need no crier, but are content with their own tongue.

Source: Epigrams, 2,...

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Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
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Wendy Wasserstein: You're the unfortunate...

Wendy Wasserstein: You're the unfortunate...

You're the unfortunate contradiction in terms -- a serious good person.

Source: The...

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Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Shelagh Delaney: Why don't you...

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

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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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Joyce Kilmer: I think that...

Joyce Kilmer: I think that...

I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can...

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Vachel Lindsay: I am unjust,...

Vachel Lindsay: I am unjust,...

I am unjust, but I can strive for justice.
My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
I, the unloving, say...

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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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William Wordsworth: Is there not<br>An...

William Wordsworth: Is there not
An...

Is there not
An art, a music, and a stream of words
That shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of...

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William Wordsworth: All good poetry...

William Wordsworth: All good poetry...

All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in...

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William Wordsworth: Suffering is permanent,...

William Wordsworth: Suffering is permanent,...

Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

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Aeschylus: It is a...

Aeschylus: It is a...

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

Source: From a...

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Aeschylus: What is there...

Aeschylus: What is there...

What is there more kindly than the feelings between host and guest?

Source: 'The...

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Aeschylus: And even in...

Aeschylus: And even in...

And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our...

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Wilson Mizner: A good listener...

Wilson Mizner: A good listener...

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

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Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue: an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories,...

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