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Ludovico Ariosto: From heresy, frenzy,...

Ludovico Ariosto: From heresy, frenzy,...

From heresy, frenzy, and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

Source: In 12,000...

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Francesco Petrarch: How fortune brings...

Francesco Petrarch: How fortune brings...

How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!

Source: In The International Thesaurus...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: He who learns,...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: He who learns,...

He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend...

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Countee Cullen: The play is...

Countee Cullen: The play is...

The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a...

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Allen Ginsberg: I have a...

Allen Ginsberg: I have a...

I have a new method of poetry. All you got to do is look over your notebooks. . . and think of anything that comes...

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Cecil Frances Alexander: Once in royal...

Cecil Frances Alexander: Once in royal...

Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a Mother laid her Baby
In a manger for His...

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Stephane Mallarme: The pure work...

Stephane Mallarme: The pure work...

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the...

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Andrew Marvell: Who can foretell...

Andrew Marvell: Who can foretell...

Who can foretell for what high cause
This darling of the Gods was born?


Source:...

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Wilfred Owen: Red lips are...

Wilfred Owen: Red lips are...

Red lips are not so red
As the stained stones kissed by the English dead.


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William Watson: And must I...

William Watson: And must I...

And must I wholly banish hence
These red and golden juices,
And pay my vows to Abstinence,
That pallidest of...

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Diane Wakoski: The best young...

Diane Wakoski: The best young...

The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first...

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Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Eliza Cook: Why should we...

Why should we strive, with cynic frown,
To knock their fairy castles down?


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Friedrich von Schiller: Opposition inflames the...

Friedrich von Schiller: Opposition inflames the...

Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Charles Dibdin: Then trust me,...

Charles Dibdin: Then trust me,...

Then trust me, there's nothing like drinking
So pleasant on this side the grave;
It keeps the unhappy from...

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John Lyly: All men [are]...

John Lyly: All men [are]...

All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Harriet Monroe: Great ages of...

Great ages of art come only when a widespread creative impulse meets an equally widespread impulse of sympathy . ....

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Martial: Fortune gives too...

Martial: Fortune gives too...

Fortune gives too much to many, but enough to none.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

Thomas Tusser: The stone that...

The stone that is rolling can gather no moss;
For master and servant oft changing is...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: She was a...

Sarah Josepha Hale: She was a...

She was a weak woman - too highly elated in prosperity, too easily depressed by adversity - not considering that both...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The most thoroughly...

Nicolas Chamfort: The most thoroughly...

The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.

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