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Hesiod: Potter is jealous...

Hesiod: Potter is jealous...

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet...

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Delmore Schwartz: Even paranoids have...

Delmore Schwartz: Even paranoids have...

Even paranoids have real enemies.

Source:
-- Delmore Schwartz, ( 1913-1966),...

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Rupert Brooke: Infinite hungers leap...

Rupert Brooke: Infinite hungers leap...

Infinite hungers leap no more
In the chance swaying of your dress;
And love has changed to...

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Antonin Artaud: Written poetry is...

Antonin Artaud: Written poetry is...

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for...

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Friedrich von Schiller: Truth exists for...

Friedrich von Schiller: Truth exists for...

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Source: In Webster's...

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Jean Anouilh: When you are...

Jean Anouilh: When you are...

When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past . . . And when you are seventy, nearly all of...

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Douglas Jerrold: In this world...

Douglas Jerrold: In this world...

In this world truth can wait; she's used to it.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Douglas Jerrold: Sir, you are...

Douglas Jerrold: Sir, you are...

Sir, you are like a pin, but without either its head or its point.

Source: Speaking...

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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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John Osborne: Don't clap too...

John Osborne: Don't clap too...

Don't clap too hard -- it's a very old building.

Source: The Entertainer
-- John...

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David Hare: The ultimate tendency...

David Hare: The ultimate tendency...

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

Source: In The...

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Sean O'Casey: I ofen looked...

Sean O'Casey: I ofen looked...

I ofen looked up at the sky an' assed meself the question - what is the stars, what is the...

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Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.

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Oscar Wilde: One should always...

Oscar Wilde: One should always...

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Source: In Webster's...

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Robert Frost: A Liberal is...

Robert Frost: A Liberal is...

A Liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

Source: In...

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Richard Burton: If you're going...

Richard Burton: If you're going...

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

Source: On his films,...

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Mickey Rooney: You always pass...

Mickey Rooney: You always pass...

You always pass failure on the way to success.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Francis Thompson: Spring is come...

Francis Thompson: Spring is come...

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet.
And all the things are made young with young...

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Wilfred Owen: The pallor of...

Wilfred Owen: The pallor of...

The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow...

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Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Why should we strive, with cynic frown,
To knock their fairy castles down?


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