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Edith Sitwell: Poetry ennobles the...

Edith Sitwell: Poetry ennobles the...

Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell....

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Robert Burns: The best laid...

Robert Burns: The best laid...

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain
For promis'd...

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Antonin Artaud: All true language...

Antonin Artaud: All true language...

All true language is incomprehensible,
Like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.


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Friedrich von Schiller: The universe is...

Friedrich von Schiller: The universe is...

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Jean Anouilh: Every man thinks...

Jean Anouilh: Every man thinks...

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.

Source:...

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George Chapman: Flatterers look like...

George Chapman: Flatterers look like...

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Harriet Monroe: Surely the vogue...

Harriet Monroe: Surely the vogue...

Surely the vogue of those twisted and contorted human figures must be as short as it is...

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Martial: While you cannot...

Martial: While you cannot...

While you cannot resolve what your are, at last you will be nothing.

Source:...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: There is something...

Sarah Josepha Hale: There is something...

There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling...

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Terry McMillan: I don't trust...

Terry McMillan: I don't trust...

I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is...

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Aeschylus: God loves to...

Aeschylus: God loves to...

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

Source: In My Favorite...

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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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Ugo Betti: Mad' is a...

Ugo Betti: Mad' is a...

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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Ugo Betti: There is no...

Ugo Betti: There is no...

There is no forgiveness in nature.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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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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Hannah Cowley: It requires genius...

Hannah Cowley: It requires genius...

It requires genius to make a good pun -- some men of bright parts can't reach it.

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Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

He must be a chaser of wild geese, as well as of wild ducks. He must be prepared to make a public spectacle of...

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Alexander Pope: To err is...

Alexander Pope: To err is...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Source: An Essay on Criticism.
-- Alexander...

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James Matthew Barrie: Ambition -- it...

James Matthew Barrie: Ambition -- it...

Ambition -- it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Source: Sir Harry Sims...

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Christopher Fry: In my plays...

Christopher Fry: In my plays...

In my plays I want to look at life at the commonplace of existence as if we had just turned a corner and run into it...

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