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Alexander Smith: The sea complains...

Alexander Smith: The sea complains...

The sea complains upon a thousand shores.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Joseph Brodsky: Poetry is rather...

Joseph Brodsky: Poetry is rather...

Poetry is rather an approach to things, to life, than it is typographical production.

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Robert Browning: The are times...

Robert Browning: The are times...

The are times when patience proves at fault.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Stanislaw Lec: What a pity...

Stanislaw Lec: What a pity...

What a pity the only way to heaven is in a hearse.

Source:
-- Stanislaw Lec,...

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Friedrich von Schiller: Dare to be...

Friedrich von Schiller: Dare to be...

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

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

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Harriet Monroe: . . ....

Harriet Monroe: . . ....

. . . poetry, 'The Cinderella of the Arts.'

Source: In Harriet Monroe, Famous...

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Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Thomas Tusser: Who goeth a...

Who goeth a borrowing
Goeth a sorrowing.
Few lend (but fools)
Their working...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: In this age...

Sarah Josepha Hale: In this age...

In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness...

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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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Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a...

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Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

Vita Sackville-West: I suppose the...

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to...

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Sean O'Casey: Laughter is wine...

Sean O'Casey: Laughter is wine...

Laughter is wine for the soul -- laugh soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness. Comedy and tragedy...

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Sean O'Casey: You cannot put...

Sean O'Casey: You cannot put...

You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea; you cannot put an idea up against the barrack-square wall and riddle...

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Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

Shelagh Delaney: 'There aren't enough...

''There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a...

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David Hare: Children always turn...

David Hare: Children always turn...

Children always turn to the light.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Alan Jay Lerner: Men die but...

Men die but an idea does not.

Source: The Street Where I Live, 1978.
-- Alan Jay...

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May Sarton: Don't forget that...

May Sarton: Don't forget that...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness,...

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Nikki Giovanni: A white face...

Nikki Giovanni: A white face...

A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Titus Maccius Plautus: Good merchandise, even...

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Dodie Smith: Truthfulness so often...

Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Source: I Capture the Castle,...

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