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Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

A vast, vamped future, old, revived new piece.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk i. 284
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Alexander Pope: A heap of...

Alexander Pope: A heap of...

A heap of dust alone remains of thee;
'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!


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Alexander Pope: Ambition first sprung...

Alexander Pope: Ambition first sprung...

Ambition first sprung from your bless'd abodes;
The glorious fault of angels and of...

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Alexander Pope: If, presume not...

Alexander Pope: If, presume not...

If, presume not to God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle...

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William Wordsworth: Not without hope...

William Wordsworth: Not without hope...

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Source: Elegiac Stanzas, suggested by a...

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Robert Browning: The aim, if...

Robert Browning: The aim, if...

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life:
Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to...

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Robert Browning: It is best...

Robert Browning: It is best...

It is best to be yourself, imperial, plain and true.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Emily Dickinson: Beauty is not...

Beauty is not caused. It is.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Not to discover weakness is
The Artifice of strength.


Source: 1865; The Poems of...

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Emily Dickinson: Remorse --is Memory...

Emily Dickinson: Remorse --is Memory...

Remorse --is Memory --awake --
Her Parties all astir --
A Presence of Departed Acts --
At window --and at...

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Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

The Pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee --
A Clover, any time, to him,
Is Aristocracy...

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Emily Dickinson: The Soul unto...

Emily Dickinson: The Soul unto...

The Soul unto itself
Is an imperial friend --
Or the most agonizing Spy --
An Enemy --could send...

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Emily Dickinson: I felt it...

Emily Dickinson: I felt it...

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

Source: Letter, 1878; in Letters of Emily...

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Emily Dickinson: Unto a broken...

Emily Dickinson: Unto a broken...

Unto a broken heart
No other one may go
Without the high prerogative
Itself hath suffered...

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Ogden Nash: Whether elected or...

Ogden Nash: Whether elected or...

Whether elected or appointed
He considers himself the Lord's annointed,
And indeed the ointment lingers on...

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Ogden Nash: If you are...

Ogden Nash: If you are...

If you are really Master of your Fate,
It shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded...

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Ogden Nash: A bit of...

Ogden Nash: A bit of...

A bit of talcum
Is always walcum.


Source: The Baby
-- Ogden Nash, (Aug 19...

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Alexander Pope: An honest man's...

Alexander Pope: An honest man's...

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Source: An Essay on Man, 1734
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Robert Frost: No memory of...

Robert Frost: No memory of...

No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard,
Or keeps the end from being...

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Robert Frost: The greatest thing...

Robert Frost: The greatest thing...

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended -- and not to take a hint when a hint...

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