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Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

Thornton Wilder: The best thing...

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Scott Alexander: The basic rule...

Scott Alexander: The basic rule...

The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get.

Source: In The...

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Robert Bridges: Beauty sat with...

Robert Bridges: Beauty sat with...

Beauty sat with me all the summer day,
Awaiting the sure triumph of her eye;
Nor mark'd I till we parted, how,...

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Andrew Marvell: How vainly men...

Andrew Marvell: How vainly men...

How vainly men themselves amaze
To win the palm, the oak, or bays.


Source: The...

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William Watson: April, April,<br>Laugh thy...

William Watson: April, April,
Laugh thy...

April, April,
Laugh thy girlish laughter;
Then, the moment after,
Weep thy girlish...

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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: O God, give...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: O God, give...

O God, give me words to make my dream-children live.

Source: A Prayer.
-- Joseph...

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Some men by...

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus: Some men by...

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.

Source: In Webster's...

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Alexander Smith: I go into...

Alexander Smith: I go into...

I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of...

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Alexander Smith: A man's real...

Alexander Smith: A man's real...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he...

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Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

Edith Sitwell: My personal hobbies...

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Source:...

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Ovid: Luck affects everything;...

Ovid: Luck affects everything;...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Earth's crammed with...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Earth's crammed with...

Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reviewers, with some...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reviewers, with some...

Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in...

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Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then I contradict myself,
I am large, I contain...

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John Clare: Untroubling and untroubled...

John Clare: Untroubling and untroubled...

Untroubling and untroubled where I lie;
The grass below - above the vaulted sky.


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Robert Herrick: Attempt the end,...

Robert Herrick: Attempt the end,...

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard but search will find it...

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Robert Herrick: It is the...

Robert Herrick: It is the...

It is the will that makes the action good or ill.

Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at...

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Jean de LaFontaine: From a distance...

Jean de LaFontaine: From a distance...

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Source: In Wisdom of the...

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Thomas Moore: My only books,...

Thomas Moore: My only books,...

My only books,
Were Woman's looks,
And Folly's all they taught me.


Source:...

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Denise Levertov: The poem has...

Denise Levertov: The poem has...

The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has kinetic force, it sets in...

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