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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Merit, however inconsiderable,...

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand: Merit, however inconsiderable,...

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of...

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Henry Clay: Statistics are no...

Henry Clay: Statistics are no...

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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James Buchanan: What is right...

James Buchanan: What is right...

What is right and what is practicable are two different things.

Source: Comment,...

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Theodore Roethke: Time marks us...

Theodore Roethke: Time marks us...

Time marks us while we are marking time.

Source: Straw for the Fire
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Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

Joseph Brodsky: A language ....

A language . . . is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

Source: In...

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Rupert Brooke: Oh! Death will...

Rupert Brooke: Oh! Death will...

Oh! Death will find me long before I tire
Of watching you; and swing me suddenly
Into the shade and loneliness...

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Antonin Artaud: There is in...

Antonin Artaud: There is in...

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom...

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Jean Anouilh: To say yes,...

Jean Anouilh: To say yes,...

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It's easy to...

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Jean Anouilh: Every man thinks...

Jean Anouilh: Every man thinks...

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.

Source:...

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Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

Source: In NY Times, 2...

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Paul Eldridge: With the stones...

Paul Eldridge: With the stones...

With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads for us.

Source: In The...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Take care, your...

Miguel de Cervantes: Take care, your...

Take care, your worship, those things over there are not giants but windmills.

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Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Charlotte Bronte: Feeling without judgement...

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a...

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Francis Beaumont: Faith without works...

Francis Beaumont: Faith without works...

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never...

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Ugo Betti: The first temptation,...

Ugo Betti: The first temptation,...

The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to -- look the other...

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Samuel Beckett: How can one...

Samuel Beckett: How can one...

How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer...

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Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a...

Alexander Pope: Fix'd like a...

Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.


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Novalis: Christianity is the...

Novalis: Christianity is the...

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

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Wole Soyinka: The greatest threat...

Wole Soyinka: The greatest threat...

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

Source: In My Soul...

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Walt Whitman: To have great...

Walt Whitman: To have great...

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Source: Notes Left Over,...

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