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Martial: Those they praise,...

Martial: Those they praise,...

Those they praise, but they read the others.

Source: Epigrammata, IV, 49.
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Douglas Jerrold: Some people are...

Douglas Jerrold: Some people are...

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

Source: In...

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Louise A Bogan: In a time...

Louise A Bogan: In a time...

In a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in...

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Sean O'Casey: [W]ith whitened hair,...

Sean O'Casey: [W]ith whitened hair,...

[W]ith whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone down and with only the serenity...

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Francis Beaumont: Faith without works...

Francis Beaumont: Faith without works...

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never...

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Shelagh Delaney: Women never have...

Shelagh Delaney: Women never have...

Women never have young minds. They were born three thousand years old.

Source: A...

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Christopher Hampton: You know very...

Christopher Hampton: You know very...

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to...

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Joseph Brodsky: For boredom speaks...

Joseph Brodsky: For boredom speaks...

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life -- the lesson of...

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George Gordon Byron: This is the...

George Gordon Byron: This is the...

This is the patent age of new inventions
For killing bodies, and saving souls,
All propagated with the best of...

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Robert Browning: What's a man's...

Robert Browning: What's a man's...

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all;
Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to...

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Emily Dickinson: After great pain,...

Emily Dickinson: After great pain,...

After great pain, a formal feeling comes.
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.


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Stanislaw Lec: The first requisite...

Stanislaw Lec: The first requisite...

The first requisite for immortality is death.

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-- Stanislaw Lec, (Mar 6...

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John Osborne: The whole point...

John Osborne: The whole point...

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. . . . People...

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Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

Nathalie Sarraute: We're swallowed up...

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: The English public,...

Oscar Wilde: The English public,...

The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is...

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George Herbert: A great ship...

George Herbert: A great ship...

A great ship asks deep water.

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

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Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

Nikki Giovanni: We black women...

We black women are the single group in the West intact. And anybody can see we're pretty shaky. We are, however (all...

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Pierre de Beaumarchais: As long as...

Pierre de Beaumarchais: As long as...

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print...

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Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

Philip Massinger: True dignity is...

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

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Jean Giraudoux: There are no...

Jean Giraudoux: There are no...

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

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