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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: Interest makes some...

Francis Beaumont: Interest makes some...

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Source: In Correct...

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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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George Gordon Byron: I am so...

George Gordon Byron: I am so...

I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, . . . that I think there...

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Francesco Petrarch: The aged love...

Francesco Petrarch: The aged love...

The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.

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Christina Rossetti: Who has seen...

Christina Rossetti: Who has seen...

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads.
The wind is passing...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge: fitter to bruise than...

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Robert Burns: The best laid...

Robert Burns: The best laid...

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain
For promis'd...

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David Hare: Weak minds sink...

David Hare: Weak minds sink...

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high...

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