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Alexandre Dumas, fils: If God were...

Alexandre Dumas, fils: If God were...

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill...

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Eugene Ionesco: Beauty is a...

Eugene Ionesco: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of...

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Eugene Ionesco: The critic should...

Eugene Ionesco: The critic should...

The critic should describe, and not prescribe.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Eugene Ionesco: No society has...

Eugene Ionesco: No society has...

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from...

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Eugene Ionesco: An avant-garde man...

Eugene Ionesco: An avant-garde man...

An avant-garde man is like an enemy inside a city he is bent on destroying, against which he rebels; for like any...

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George Farquhar: Twas for the...

George Farquhar: Twas for the...

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country - I'm a Roman for...

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George Farquhar: Captain is a...

George Farquhar: Captain is a...

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

Source: The Beaux' Stratagem,...

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People compose for...

People compose for...

People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to...

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Music is the...

Music is the...

Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.

Source:...

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I have formed...

I have formed...

I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind [death], that...

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Everybody ought to...

Everybody ought to...

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

Source: In Vogue, (NY), 1...

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Beware of losing...

Beware of losing...

Beware of losing what isn't in your head.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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You can never...

You can never...

You can never tell what's in a woman's mind,
And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o'...

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When I was...

When I was...

When I was young, I kissed my first woman, and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I have never had time for...

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Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid...

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.

Source:...

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I feel I'm...

I feel I'm...

I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running.

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Good manners have...

Good manners have...

Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit...

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Virtuous people are...

Virtuous people are...

Virtuous people are simply those who have. . . not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state,...

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Give me a...

Give me a...

Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.

Source: Quoted in Evan Esar (ed.),...

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Sometimes I think,...

Sometimes I think,...

Sometimes I think, not so much am I a pianist, but a vampire. All my life I have lived off the blood of...

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