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Richard Lovelace: Lady, it is...

Richard Lovelace: Lady, it is...

Lady, it is already morn,
And 'twas last night I swore to thee
That fond...

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Rupert Brooke: But somewhere, beyond...

Rupert Brooke: But somewhere, beyond...

But somewhere, beyond Space and Time,
Is wetter water, slimier slime!
And there (they trust) there swimmeth...

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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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J August Strindberg: I dream, therefore...

J August Strindberg: I dream, therefore...

I dream, therefore I exist.

Source: A Madman's Defense, pt. 1, ch. 7 (1968).
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Aphra Behn: He that knew...

Aphra Behn: He that knew...

He that knew all that ever learning writ,
Knew only this -- that he knew nothing yet.


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Imamu Amiri Baraka: Thought is more...

Imamu Amiri Baraka: Thought is more...

Thought is more important than art. . . . To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Measure not the...

Measure not the work
Until the day's out and the labour done,
Then bring your...

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Alexander Pope: There is a...

Alexander Pope: There is a...

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reviewers, with some...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reviewers, with some...

Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in...

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Walt Whitman: To have great...

Walt Whitman: To have great...

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Source: Notes Left Over,...

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George Gordon Byron: Tis pleasant, sure,...

George Gordon Byron: Tis pleasant, sure,...

Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing...

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Emily Dickinson: A word is...

Emily Dickinson: A word is...

A word is dead when it is said, some say.
I say it just begins to live that day.


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Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it...

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Frances Watkins Harper: Apparent failure may...

Frances Watkins Harper: Apparent failure may...

Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit...

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Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

Frances Watkins Harper: What matters it...

What matters it if they do forget the singer, so they don't forget the song.

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Robert Bly: I know a...

Robert Bly: I know a...

I know a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty than they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is...

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Joaquin Miller: The soul that...

Joaquin Miller: The soul that...

The soul that feeds on books alone --
I count that soul exceeding small
That lives alone by book and creed,...

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Joaquin Miller: All honor to...

Joaquin Miller: All honor to...

All honor to him who shall win the prize,'
The world has cried for a thousand years;
But to him who tries...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: He who learns,...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: He who learns,...

He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend...

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Edmund Spenser: Beauty is the...

Edmund Spenser: Beauty is the...

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Source: In...

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