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Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

Nikki Giovanni: If you don't...

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Source: A...

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Euripides: Among mortals second...

Euripides: Among mortals second...

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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William Gilbert: Things are seldom...

William Gilbert: Things are seldom...

Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.


Source: In The...

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William Congreve: Invention flags, his...

William Congreve: Invention flags, his...

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy,
And black despair succeeds brown study.


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John Ford: Honour,<br>How much we...

John Ford: Honour,
How much we...

Honour,
How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee.


Source: The Broken...

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Thomas Middleton: Ground not upon...

Thomas Middleton: Ground not upon...

Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.

Source: The Family of...

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Aristophanes: Quickly, bring me...

Aristophanes: Quickly, bring me...

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

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Pierre de Beaumarchais: Be commonplace and...

Pierre de Beaumarchais: Be commonplace and...

Be commonplace and creeping, and you will be a success.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Aristophanes: Wise people, even...

Aristophanes: Wise people, even...

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

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Menander: No just person...

Menander: No just person...

No just person ever became quickly rich.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Jean Racine: Small crimes always...

Jean Racine: Small crimes always...

Small crimes always precedes great ones.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Euripides: Much effort, much...

Euripides: Much effort, much...

Much effort, much prosperity.

Source: 'The Suppliant Women'
-- Euripides, (Sep...

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Euripides: Some wisdom you...

Euripides: Some wisdom you...

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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August Wilson: The harder you...

August Wilson: The harder you...

The harder you try to hold onto them, the easier it is for some gal to pull them away.

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Alan Bennett: Why is it...

Alan Bennett: Why is it...

Why is it always the intelligent people who are socialists?

Source: Forty Years...

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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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Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Zora Neale Hurston: Mama exhorted her...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to jump at de sun. We might not land on the sun, but at least we would...

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Brendan Behan: It's not that...

Brendan Behan: It's not that...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and...

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Brendan Behan: I have a...

Brendan Behan: I have a...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer...

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Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

Brendan Behan: I was courtmartialled...

I was courtmartialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my...

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