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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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.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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Christopher Fry: How nature loves...

Christopher Fry: How nature loves...

How nature loves the incomplete. She knows
If she drew a conclusion it would finish...

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David Mamet: People may or...

David Mamet: People may or...

People may or may not say what they mean. . . but they always say something designed to get what they...

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Christopher Marlowe: Was this the...

Christopher Marlowe: Was this the...

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal...

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Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Lorraine Hansberry: Children see things...

Children see things very well sometimes -- and idealists even better.

Source: In...

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Noel Coward: I like long...

Noel Coward: I like long...

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

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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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Samuel Beckett: I have my...

Samuel Beckett: I have my...

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: How else but...

Oscar Wilde: How else but...

How else but through a broken heart
May Lord Christ enter in?


Source: The Ballad...

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John Lyly: Where the mind...

John Lyly: Where the mind...

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Nicolas Chamfort: The success of...

Nicolas Chamfort: The success of...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the...

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Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Sean O'Casey: Wealth often takes...

Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a...

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Harold Pinter: I mean, don't...

Harold Pinter: I mean, don't...

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the...

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Alexandre Dumas, fils: Business? it's quite...

Alexandre Dumas, fils: Business? it's quite...

Business? it's quite simple: it's other people's money.

Source: Giraud, in La...

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