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Wilfred Owen: All a poet...

Wilfred Owen: All a poet...

All a poet can do today is warn.

Source: Poems.
-- Wilfred Owen, (Mar 18...

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Tobias Smollett: I think for...

Tobias Smollett: I think for...

I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound.

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Hesiod: A bad neighbour...

Hesiod: A bad neighbour...

A bad neighbour is as great a misfortune as a good one is a great blessing.

Source:...

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Geoffrey Chaucer: No-wher so bisy...

Geoffrey Chaucer: No-wher so bisy...

No-wher so bisy a man as he ther nas,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.


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Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Be equal to...

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Be equal to...

Be equal to your talent, not your age.
At times let the gap between them be...

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Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song for ever
She's the...

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Rupert Brooke: Now, God be...

Rupert Brooke: Now, God be...

Now, God be thanked who has matched us with His hour,
And caught our youth, and wakened us from...

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David Hare: Some people carry...

David Hare: Some people carry...

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart...

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John Osborne: He really deserves...

John Osborne: He really deserves...

He really deserves some sort of decoration . . . a medal inscribed 'For Vaguery in the...

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David Hare: The art of...

David Hare: The art of...

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Source: In The...

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John Osborne: I don't think...

John Osborne: I don't think...

I don't think one `comes down' from Jimmy's university. According to him, it's not even red brick, but white...

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Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Nathalie Sarraute: Those who live...

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.

Source: In ...

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Thornton Wilder: A sense of...

Thornton Wilder: A sense of...

A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference . . . and finds them...

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Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean Anouilh: Life is a...

Jean Anouilh: Life is a...

Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books -- but it is terrible when one has to live...

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George Chapman: And let a...

George Chapman: And let a...

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry,
He will be but a walking dictionary:
A mere articulate...

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Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Paul Eldridge: Praises for our...

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.

Source: In The...

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Harold Pinter: In other words,...

Harold Pinter: In other words,...

In other words, apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Source:...

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Joe Orton: Reading isn't an...

Joe Orton: Reading isn't an...

Reading isn't an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paper work down to a...

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Terence Rattigan: Aunt Edna is...

Terence Rattigan: Aunt Edna is...

Aunt Edna is universal, and to those who may feel that all the problems of the modern theatre might be solved by her...

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