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Robert Bolt: The law is...

Robert Bolt: The law is...

The law is not a light for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway...

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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 Browning: Ah, but a...

Robert Browning: Ah, but a...

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

Source:...

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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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Virgil: They are able...

Virgil: They are able...

They are able because they think they are able.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Pindar: Natural ability is...

Pindar: Natural ability is...

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of...

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Robert Bly: I have wandered...

Robert Bly: I have wandered...

I have wandered in a face, for hours . . .

Source: In The Concise Columbia...

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John Donne: When I must...

John Donne: When I must...

When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy...

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Robert Herrick: Who with a...

Robert Herrick: Who with a...

Who with a little cannot be content,
endures an everlasting punishment.


Source:...

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Jean de LaFontaine: To win a...

Jean de LaFontaine: To win a...

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

Source:...

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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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Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

Christina Rossetti: The downhill path...

The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.

Source: The Poetical Works...

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Edmund Spenser: It is the...

Edmund Spenser: It is the...

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

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Richard Armour: Until Eve arrived,...

Richard Armour: Until Eve arrived,...

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

Source: In Sisterhood is Powerful.
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Gwendolyn Brooks: We real cool....

Gwendolyn Brooks: We real cool....

We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin....

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Anne Sexton: In a dream...

Anne Sexton: In a dream...

In a dream you are never eighty.

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

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Janet Erskine Stuart: All sorts of...

Janet Erskine Stuart: All sorts of...

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Source:...

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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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Novalis: Where children are,...

Novalis: Where children are,...

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing...

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