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Edmund Waller: Poets lose half...

Edmund Waller: Poets lose half...

Poets lose half the praise they should have got,
Could it be known what they discreetly...

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Henry John Newbolt: There's a breathless...

Henry John Newbolt: There's a breathless...

There's a breathless hush in the Close tonight -
Ten to make and the match to win -
A bumping pitch and a...

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Samuel Beckett: How can one...

Samuel Beckett: How can one...

How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer...

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Charles Dibdin: In every mess...

Charles Dibdin: In every mess...

In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife.


Source: Jack in his...

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Thomas Tusser: In doing of...

Thomas Tusser: In doing of...

In doing of either, let wit bear a stroke,
For buying or selling of pig in a poke.


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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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Charlotte Bronte: A ruffled mind...

Charlotte Bronte: A ruffled mind...

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Source: The Professor, 1846.
--...

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Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will...

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Peter Shaffer: Passion, you see,...

Peter Shaffer: Passion, you see,...

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created.

Source:...

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J August Strindberg: What an occupation!...

J August Strindberg: What an occupation!...

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy...

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J August Strindberg: Why is it...

J August Strindberg: Why is it...

Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal...

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Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Aphra Behn: Variety is the...

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Source: The Rover, Pt II. I
-- Aphra Behn, (Jul...

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Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold.

Source: The Lucky Chance, 1686.
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Imamu Amiri Baraka: A rich man...

Imamu Amiri Baraka: A rich man...

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their...

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Ovid: Seeking is all...

Ovid: Seeking is all...

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: The more we...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The more we...

The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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George Gordon Byron: Opinions are made...

George Gordon Byron: Opinions are made...

Opinions are made to be changed -- or how is truth to be got at?

Source: Letter, 9...

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Frances Watkins Harper: I find,...

Frances Watkins Harper: I find,...

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . ....

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Robert Bly: By the time...

Robert Bly: By the time...

By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in...

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Dante: Art, as far...

Dante: Art, as far...

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's...

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