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Citizenship is a...

Citizenship is a...

Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by...

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William Watson: Pain with the...

William Watson: Pain with the...

Pain with the thousand teeth.

Source: The Dream of Man.
-- William Watson, (Aug...

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Ogden Nash: People who work...

Ogden Nash: People who work...

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

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Dick Gregory: When I lost...

Dick Gregory: When I lost...

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the...

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There follows a...

There follows a...

There follows a little obscenity here, a dask of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern...

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The secret of...

The secret of...

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he...

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The musician is...

The musician is...

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art...

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John Fletcher: Let's meet and...

John Fletcher: Let's meet and...

Let's meet and either do or die.

Source: 'The Island Princess'
-- John Fletcher,...

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John Clare: If life had...

John Clare: If life had...

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

Source: Letter to a...

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Sara Teasdale: Moon, worn thin...

Sara Teasdale: Moon, worn thin...

Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill,
In the dawn clouds flying,
How good to go, light into light, and...

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Dick Gregory: [A politician is]...

Dick Gregory: [A politician is]...

[A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get...

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I walked beside...

I walked beside...

I walked beside the evening sea
And dreamed a dream that could not be;
The waves that plunged along the...

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Gradually I came...

Gradually I came...

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey,...

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Idle people are...

Idle people are...

Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and...

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Almost always tradition...

Almost always tradition...

Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created....

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The wise man...

The wise man...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is...

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Benjamin Franklin: I am about...

Benjamin Franklin: I am about...

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and...

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Gustave Courbet: Painting is the...

Gustave Courbet: Painting is the...

Painting is the representation of visible forms. . . The essence of realism is its negation of the...

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When my enemies...

When my enemies...

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

Source: In Maria Callas,...

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John Ciardi: It is easy...

John Ciardi: It is easy...

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy...

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