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John Barrymore: I am thinking...

John Barrymore: I am thinking...

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for...

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John Barrymore: America is the...

John Barrymore: America is the...

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two...

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Humphrey Bogart: Louis, I think...

Humphrey Bogart: Louis, I think...

Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Source: Casablanca,...

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Cecil Frances Alexander: When the friends...

Cecil Frances Alexander: When the friends...

When the friends we love the best
Lie in their churchyard bed,
We must not cry to bitterly
Over the happy...

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Philip James Bailey: We live in...

Philip James Bailey: We live in...

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.

Source: Say Not the Struggle Nought...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: Action will furnish...

Arthur Hugh Clough: Action will furnish...

Action will furnish belief, - but will that belief be the true one? This is the point, you...

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Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

The Englishwoman is so refined
She has no bosom and no behind.


Source: This...

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Alexander Smith: Everything is sweetened...

Alexander Smith: Everything is sweetened...

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Source: Of Death and the Fear of Dying.
--...

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Alexander Smith: If you wish...

Alexander Smith: If you wish...

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

Source: Dreamthorp, ...

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Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Edmund Waller: Though with judgment...

Though with judgment we on things reflect,
Our will determines, not our intellect.


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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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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

Source: A Precocious...

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Alexander Pope: Hope springs eternal...

Alexander Pope: Hope springs eternal...

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be blessed.


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William Wordsworth: Give all thou...

William Wordsworth: Give all thou...

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore
Of nicely-calculated less or more.


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John Webster: Glories like glow-worms,...

John Webster: Glories like glow-worms,...

Glories like glow-worms, afar off shine bright,
But looked to near, have neither heat nor...

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Aeschylus: Ask the gods...

Aeschylus: Ask the gods...

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Source: The Suppliant Women
-- Aeschylus, ( ...

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Aeschylus: Time brings all...

Aeschylus: Time brings all...

Time brings all things to pass.

Source: The Libation Bearers'
-- Aeschylus, ( ...

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Jean Anouilh: Propaganda is a...

Jean Anouilh: Propaganda is a...

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other...

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Jean Anouilh: Beauty is one...

Jean Anouilh: Beauty is one...

Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.

Source: Thomas ?...

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