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Alexander Pope: Passions are the...

Alexander Pope: Passions are the...

Passions are the gales of life.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alexander Pope: She sighs for...

Alexander Pope: She sighs for...

She sighs for ever on her pensive bed,
Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A day less...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A day less...

A day less or more
At sea or ashore,
We die - does it matter when?


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An' I thowt...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An' I thowt...

An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said it wur dra?ins.

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Oscar Wilde: The condition of...

Oscar Wilde: The condition of...

The condition of perfection is idleness; the aim of perfection is youth.

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Oscar Wilde: While one should...

Oscar Wilde: While one should...

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an...

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Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better...

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Oscar Wilde: My experience is...

Oscar Wilde: My experience is...

My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at...

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Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade...

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Ogden Nash: An occasional lucky...

Ogden Nash: An occasional lucky...

An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for,
Even then, no sooner has he...

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Ogden Nash: And one of...

Ogden Nash: And one of...

And one of his partners asked Has he vertigo? and the other glanced out and down and said Oh no, only about ten feet...

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Robert Frost: Americans are like...

Robert Frost: Americans are like...

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him...

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Robert Frost: Don't ever take...

Robert Frost: Don't ever take...

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Source: In Webster's...

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Robert Frost: My Sorrow, when...

Robert Frost: My Sorrow, when...

My Sorrow, when she's here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She...

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Robert Frost: The middle of...

Robert Frost: The middle of...

The middle of the road is where the white line is -- and that's the worst place to drive.

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Robert Frost: You have freedom...

Robert Frost: You have freedom...

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

Source: News summaries 10 May...

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Robert Browning: A minute's success...

Robert Browning: A minute's success...

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Alexander Pope: So much they...

Alexander Pope: So much they...

So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng
By chance go right, they purposely go...

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Peter Drucker: The job of...

Peter Drucker: The job of...

The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to...

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Stanislaw Lec: When no wind...

Stanislaw Lec: When no wind...

When no wind blows, even the weathervane has character.

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