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William Shakespeare: It was always...

William Shakespeare: It was always...

It was always yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too...

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William Shakespeare: Commit<br>The oldest sins...

William Shakespeare: Commit
The oldest sins...

Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways.


Source: Henry IV, Pt II, IV. v....

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William Shakespeare: I see you...

William Shakespeare: I see you...

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit;...

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William Shakespeare: Unbidden guests<br>Are often...

William Shakespeare: Unbidden guests
Are often...

Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.


Source: Henry VI, Pt I,...

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William Shakespeare: Bell, book and...

William Shakespeare: Bell, book and...

Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back
When gold and silver becks me to come on.


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William Shakespeare: I will be...

William Shakespeare: I will be...

I will be the pattern of all patience.

Source: King Lear, III. ii. (37).
--...

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William Shakespeare: We waste our...

William Shakespeare: We waste our...

We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

Source: Mercutio, in Romeo and...

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William Shakespeare: A jewel in...

William Shakespeare: A jewel in...

A jewel in a ten-times-barred-up chest
Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast.
Mine honour is my life; both grow in...

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George Bernard Shaw: Never fret for...

George Bernard Shaw: Never fret for...

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: Optimistic lies have...

George Bernard Shaw: Optimistic lies have...

Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his...

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George Bernard Shaw: Patriotism is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Patriotism is a...

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.

Source:
-- George...

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James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

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James Matthew Barrie: The printing press...

James Matthew Barrie: The printing press...

The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, one sometimes forgets...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: But ah for...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: But ah for...

But ah for a man to arise in me,
That the man I am may cease to be!


Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dreams are true...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dreams are true...

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

Source: The Higher...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God's finger touched...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: God's finger touched...

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

Source: In Memoriam, 85 (Note: the stanza...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He makes no...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He makes no...

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Source: Idylls of the King, 'Lancelot and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Happy he<br>With such...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Happy he
With such...

Happy he
With such a mother! faith in womankind
Beats with his blood.


Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He clasps the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He clasps the...

He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He seems so...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: He seems so...

He seems so near and yet so far.

Source: In Memoriam, 97 (Note: the stanza numbers...

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