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George Bernard Shaw: Life levels all...

George Bernard Shaw: Life levels all...

Life levels all men: death reveals the eminent.

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Antonin Artaud: We must wash...

Antonin Artaud: We must wash...

We must wash literature off ourselves. We want to be men above all, to be human.

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Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to...

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Oscar Wilde: To get into...

Oscar Wilde: To get into...

To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock...

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Oscar Wilde: Where there is...

Oscar Wilde: Where there is...

Where there is no exaggeration there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding. It is only...

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Oscar Wilde: Temperament is the...

Oscar Wilde: Temperament is the...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic -- a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the...

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William Shakespeare: The oldest hath...

William Shakespeare: The oldest hath...

The oldest hath borne most: we that are young
Shall never see so much, nor live so...

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William Shakespeare: Tis better to...

William Shakespeare: Tis better to...

Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed,
When not to be receives reproach of being.


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William Shakespeare: They'll take suggestion...

William Shakespeare: They'll take suggestion...

They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk.

Source: The Tempest, II. i....

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William Shakespeare: How far that...

William Shakespeare: How far that...

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.


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George Bernard Shaw: It is difficult,...

George Bernard Shaw: It is difficult,...

It is difficult, if not impossible, for most people to think otherwise than in the fashion of their own...

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Walter Bagehot: Royalty is a...

Walter Bagehot: Royalty is a...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting...

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Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's...

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Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is...

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George Bernard Shaw: The English have...

George Bernard Shaw: The English have...

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it . . . It is impossible...

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George Bernard Shaw: The camera can...

George Bernard Shaw: The camera can...

The camera can represent flesh so superbly that, if I dared, I would never photograph a figure without asking that...

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George Bernard Shaw: Titles distinguish the...

George Bernard Shaw: Titles distinguish the...

Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the...

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J August Strindberg: People are constantly...

J August Strindberg: People are constantly...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of...

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Alexander Pope: For observations which...

Alexander Pope: For observations which...

For observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for th'observer's sake.


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Robert Frost: Tree at my...

Robert Frost: Tree at my...

Tree at my window, window tree,
My sash is lowered when night comes on;
But let there never be curtain...

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