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Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Charlotte Bronte: Give him enough...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Source: Shirley, 1849.
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James Matthew Barrie: I know I'm...

James Matthew Barrie: I know I'm...

I know I'm not clever but I'm always right.

Source: Peter Pan.
-- James Matthew...

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James Matthew Barrie: The most useless...

James Matthew Barrie: The most useless...

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

Source: In The...

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Ogden Nash: I think that...

Ogden Nash: I think that...

I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps unless the billboards fall,
I'll never...

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Ogden Nash: In the world...

Ogden Nash: In the world...

In the world of mules there are no rules.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ogden Nash: There is only...

Ogden Nash: There is only...

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball,
And that is to have either a clear conscience...

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Ogden Nash: I think remorse...

Ogden Nash: I think remorse...

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.

Source: A Clean...

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Ogden Nash: What chills the...

Ogden Nash: What chills the...

What chills the finger not a bit
Is so frigid upon the fundament.


Source: Samson...

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Ogden Nash: Candy,<br>Is dandy,<br>But Liquor,<br>Is...

Ogden Nash: Candy,
Is dandy,
But Liquor,
Is...

Candy,
Is dandy,
But Liquor,
Is quicker.


Source: Reflections on...

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Alexander Pope: One simile, that...

Alexander Pope: One simile, that...

One simile, that solitary shines
In a dry desert of a thousand lines.


Source:...

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Emily Dickinson: Surgeons must be...

Emily Dickinson: Surgeons must be...

Surgeons must be very careful,
When they take the knife!,
Underneath their fine incisions,
Stirs the Culprit...

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Emily Dickinson: There's a certain...

Emily Dickinson: There's a certain...

There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of Cathedral...

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Thornton Wilder: It is only...

Thornton Wilder: It is only...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that...

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Robert Frost: Always fall in...

Robert Frost: Always fall in...

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has...

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Robert Frost: But I have...

Robert Frost: But I have...

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I...

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Robert Frost: Friends make pretence...

Robert Frost: Friends make pretence...

Friends make pretence of following to the grave
But before one is in it, their minds are turned
And making the...

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Robert Frost: Humor is the...

Robert Frost: Humor is the...

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.

Source: On wit as a form of evasiveness,...

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Robert Frost: I hold it...

Robert Frost: I hold it...

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.

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Robert Frost: Pressed into service...

Robert Frost: Pressed into service...

Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

Source: The Self-Seeker.
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Robert Frost: There are two...

Robert Frost: There are two...

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that...

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