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Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Ugo Betti: Memories are like...

Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.

Source: Goat...

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J August Strindberg: I hated her...

J August Strindberg: I hated her...

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of...

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Robert Bolt: Morality's not practical....

Robert Bolt: Morality's not practical....

Morality's not practical. Morality's a gesture. A complicated gesture learnt from books.

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Alexander Pope: The bookful blockhead,...

Alexander Pope: The bookful blockhead,...

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.


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Robert Bly: I know a...

Robert Bly: I know a...

I know a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty than they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is...

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John Donne: God employs several...

John Donne: God employs several...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by...

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Joaquin Miller: The biggest dog...

Joaquin Miller: The biggest dog...

The biggest dog has been a pup.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

Anne Bradstreet: If we had...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would...

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Alexander Smith: Love is but...

Alexander Smith: Love is but...

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

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Emily Dickinson: I . ....

Emily Dickinson: I . ....

I . . . am small, like the wren, and my hair is bold like the chestnut burr; and my eyes like the sherry in the glass...

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Thomas Shadwell: And wit's the...

Thomas Shadwell: And wit's the...

And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Source: A True Widow, II. i
-- Thomas...

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John Fletcher: There 's naught...

John Fletcher: There 's naught...

There 's naught in this life sweet,
If man were wise to see 't,
But only melancholy;
O sweetest...

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George Bernard Shaw: If Pygmalion, is...

George Bernard Shaw: If Pygmalion, is...

If Pygmalion, is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

Nicolas Chamfort: The majority of...

The majority of those who put together collections of verses or epigrams resemble those who eat cherries or oysters:...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Make it thy...

Miguel de Cervantes: Make it thy...

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will...

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Terry McMillan: I don't trust...

Terry McMillan: I don't trust...

I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Sean O'Casey: What time has...

Sean O'Casey: What time has...

What time has been wasted during man's destiny in the struggle to decide what man's next world will be like! The...

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Christopher Isherwood: I am a...

Christopher Isherwood: I am a...

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

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May Sarton: The creative person,...

May Sarton: The creative person,...

The creative person, the person who moves from an irrational source of power, has to face the fact that this power...

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