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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The steam<br>Floats up...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The steam
Floats up...

The steam
Floats up from those dim fields about the homes
Of happy men that have the power to die,
And grassy...

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Joseph Brodsky: Man is what...

Joseph Brodsky: Man is what...

Man is what he reads.

Source: Quoted by Thomas D'Evelyn Christian Science Monitor,...

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Martial: Lawyers are men...

Martial: Lawyers are men...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

The stone that is rolling can gather no moss;
For master and servant oft changing is...

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Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

Nicolas Boileau: However big the...

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

Source: L'Art...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Don't put too...

Miguel de Cervantes: Don't put too...

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

Source: In...

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Sean O'Casey: The hallway of...

Sean O'Casey: The hallway of...

The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be...

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Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a...

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Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

Lorraine Hansberry: A woman who...

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness as the...

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Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

Wendy Wasserstein: The real reason...

The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.

Source: Interviews with...

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Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

Marcel Pagnol: A secret is...

A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.

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Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

''There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a...

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Terence Rattigan: A novelist may...

Terence Rattigan: A novelist may...

A novelist may lose his readers for a few pages; a playwright never dares lose his audience for a...

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Christopher Hampton: I have always...

Christopher Hampton: I have always...

I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.

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Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by...

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George Bernard Shaw: Virtue is insufficient...

George Bernard Shaw: Virtue is insufficient...

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Source:
-- George Bernard Shaw, (Jul 26...

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Christopher Marlowe: There is no...

Christopher Marlowe: There is no...

There is no sin but ignorance.

Source: The Jew of Malta, 1589.
-- Christopher...

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Christopher Marlowe: Was this the...

Christopher Marlowe: Was this the...

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal...

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Lorraine Hansberry: One cannot live...

Lorraine Hansberry: One cannot live...

One cannot live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know and read of the miseries which affect the...

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Sean O'Casey: The world's a...

Sean O'Casey: The world's a...

The world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

Source:
-- Sean...

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