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Simone Signoret: He bore no...

Simone Signoret: He bore no...

He bore no grudge against those he had wronged.

Source: On film executive Jack L....

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Marcel Duchamp: I don't believe...

Marcel Duchamp: I don't believe...

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

Source: In The World of Marcel...

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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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Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Jean Anouilh: Talent is like...

Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? -- a hoax fabricated by poets for their...

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Jean Anouilh: It takes a...

Jean Anouilh: It takes a...

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Source: Le...

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Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Naught venture naught have.

Source: October's Abstract.
-- Thomas Tusser, ( ...

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Louise A Bogan: Women have no...

Louise A Bogan: Women have no...

Women have no wilderness in them
They are provident instead
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts
To...

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Miguel de Cervantes: Good painters imitate...

Miguel de Cervantes: Good painters imitate...

Good painters imitate nature, bad ones spew it up.

Source: El Licenciado...

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Aeschylus: It is in...

Aeschylus: It is in...

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

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Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

Shelagh Delaney: The only consolation...

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

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Peter Shaffer: All my wife...

Peter Shaffer: All my wife...

All my wife has ever taken from the Mediterranean - from that whole vast intuitive culture - are four bottles of...

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Joyce Kilmer: For nothing keeps...

Joyce Kilmer: For nothing keeps...

For nothing keeps a poet
In his high singing mood
Like unappeasable hunger
For unattainable...

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Scott Alexander: Making money is...

Scott Alexander: Making money is...

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.

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Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Basil Bunting: Always carry a...

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.

Source: In The...

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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the...

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Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Stevie Smith: Nobody heard him,...

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not...

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Hesiod: If thou shouldst...

Hesiod: If thou shouldst...

If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become...

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: In Russia all...

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

Source: A Precocious...

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Henry John Newbolt: Take my drum...

Henry John Newbolt: Take my drum...

Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore,
Strike et when your powder's runnin' low;
If the Dons sight...

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Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

Thomas Campbell: The proud, the...

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone,
That never mused on sorrow but its own.


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