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Charlotte Bronte: Look twice before...

Charlotte Bronte: Look twice before...

Look twice before you leap.

Source: Shirley, ch. 9, 1849.
-- Charlotte Bronte,...

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Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

Hannah Cowley: The charms that...

The charms that heIped to catch the husband are generally laid by, one after another, till the lady grows a downright...

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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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Robert Browning: Ambition is not...

Robert Browning: Ambition is not...

Ambition is not what man does . . . but what man would do.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Louis Aragon: The function of...

Louis Aragon: The function of...

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.

Source:...

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Caius Valerius Catullus: It is difficult...

Caius Valerius Catullus: It is difficult...

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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John Ashbery: I don't want...

John Ashbery: I don't want...

I don't want to read what is going to slide down easily; there has to be some crunch, a certain amount of...

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Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Philip James Bailey: Art is man's...

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Vachel Lindsay: Life is a...

Vachel Lindsay: Life is a...

Life is a loom, weaving illusion.

Source: The Chinese Nightingale.
-- Vachel...

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Jean de la Fontaine: A mountain in...

Jean de la Fontaine: A mountain in...

A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be...

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Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Diane Wakoski: Poems come from...

Poems come from incomplete knowledge.

Source: With Words, The Motorcycle Betrayal...

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Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Eliza Cook: Whom do we...

Whom do we dub as Gentleman?
The Knave, the fool, the brute --
If they but own full tithe of gold,
and Wear a...

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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: I am so...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: I am so...

I am so tired and weary,
So tired of endless fight,
So weary of waiting the dawn
And finding endless...

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Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Edmund Waller: Why came I...

Why came I so untimely forth
Into a world which, wanting thee,
Could entertain us with no worth
Or shadow of...

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Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

Edith Sitwell: I am patient...

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Source: In...

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Louis Aragon: Can the knowledge...

Louis Aragon: Can the knowledge...

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by...

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William Wordsworth: The youth who...

William Wordsworth: The youth who...

The youth who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Nature's priest,
And by the vision...

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Tristan Bernard: The investigator should...

Tristan Bernard: The investigator should...

The investigator should have a robust faith -- and yet not believe.

Source: In The...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Said a Rooster, I'd have you all know
I am nearly the whole of the show;
Why, the Sun every morn
Gets up with...

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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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