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Rupert Brooke: War knows no...

Rupert Brooke: War knows no...

War knows no power. Safe shall be my going,
Secretly armed against all death's endeavour;
Safe though all...

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Ogden Nash: Marriage is an...

Ogden Nash: Marriage is an...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the...

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Ogden Nash: If called by...

Ogden Nash: If called by...

If called by a panther,
don't anther.


Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever...

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Ogden Nash: Oh, what a...

Ogden Nash: Oh, what a...

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave
When they think that their children are naive.


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Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

Christopher Hampton: You see, I...

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by...

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Sean O'Casey: It's only a...

Sean O'Casey: It's only a...

It's only a little cold I have; there's nothing derogatory wrong with me.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: A pessimist is...

Oscar Wilde: A pessimist is...

A pessimist is one who, when he has a choice of two evils, chooses both.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: The play was...

Oscar Wilde: The play was...

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.

Source:...

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Alexander Pope: True wit is...

Alexander Pope: True wit is...

True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well...

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Novalis: Only as far...

Novalis: Only as far...

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The noblest answer...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The noblest answer...

The noblest answer unto such,
Is kindly silence when they brawl.


Source: Altered...

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Tristan Bernard: In the theatre...

Tristan Bernard: In the theatre...

In the theatre the audience want to be surprised - but by things that they expect.

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Luigi Pirandello: Whatever is a...

Luigi Pirandello: Whatever is a...

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be --...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Knowledge is power,...

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

Source: In Readers'...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Don't take the...

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed!

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Walt Whitman: Do I contradict...

Do I contradict myself?
Very well, then I contradict myself,
I am large, I contain...

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William Carlos Williams: Afraid lest he...

William Carlos Williams: Afraid lest he...

Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated -- thrown aside -- a man...

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John Clare: I long for...

John Clare: I long for...

I long for scenes where man has never trod;
. . . There to abide with my Creator, God.


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Francesco Petrarch: A short cut...

Francesco Petrarch: A short cut...

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

Source: In Dictionary of...

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Edmund Spenser: He that strives...

Edmund Spenser: He that strives...

He that strives to touch the stars oft stumbles at a straw.

Source: In The...

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