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“Those pigmy tribes of Panton street,
Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,
Obedient to a tyrant's yoke.”
England Quotes Source: A Monstrous good Lounge (p. 5)
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“This Booke
When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke
Fresh to all Ages.”
Shakespeare Quotes Source: Commentary Verses prefixed to the folio of Shakespeare
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“Few of the university pen plaies well, they smell too much of
that writer Ovid and that writer Metamorphosis and talk too much
of Prosperpina and Jupiter. Why, here's our fellow Shakespeare
puts them all down. Aye, and Ben Jonson too. O that B.J. is a
pestilent fellow, he brought up Horace giving poets a pill, but
our fellow, Shakespeare, hath given him a purge that made him
beray his credit.”
Shakespeare Quotes Source: The Return from Parnassus; or, the Scourge of Simony (act IV, sc. 3)
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“A blind bargain.”
Business Quotes Source: Merrie Tales of the Madmen of Gottam
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“Nation of shopkeepers.”
Business Quotes Source: Merrie Tales of the Madmen of Gottam
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“Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact
that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within
the Spirit of the Game.”
Books (first lines) Quotes Source: The Laws of Cricket
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“1a \'a\ n, pl a's or as \'az\ often cap, often attrib (bef. 12c) 1
a : the 1st letter of the English alphabet b : a representation
of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic a 2 : the
6th tone of a C-major scale 3 : a graphic device for reproducing
the letter a 4 : one designated a esp. as the 1st in order or
class 5 a : a grade rating a student's work as superior in
quality b : one graded or rated with an A 6 : something shaped
like the letter A
- Unattributed Author,”
Books (first lines) Quotes Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition)
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“Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, under
direction of a manager, played on an enclosed field in accordance
with these rules, under jurisdiction of one or more umpires.”
Books (first lines) Quotes Source: Official Rules of Baseball, Rule 1.01
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“'Tis bad enough in man or woman
To steal a goose from off a common;
But surely he's without excuse
Who steals a common from the goose.”
Thieving Quotes Source: Epigram, in Carey's "Commonplace Book of Epigrams"
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“As drifting logs of wood may haply meet
On ocean's waters surging to and fro,
And having met, drift once again apart,
So, fleeting is the intercourse of men.
E'en as a traveler meeting with the shade
Of some o'erhung tree, awhile reposes,
Then leaves its shelter to pursue his ways,
So men meet friends, then part with them for ever.”
Meeting Quotes Source: Code of Manu, translation in "Words of Wisdom"
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“Laurel crowned Horatius
True, how true the saying,
Swift as wind flies over us
Time devouring, slaying.
[Lat., Lauriger Horatius
Quam dixisti verum;
Fugit curo citius
Tempus edax rerum.]”
Time Quotes Source: translated by John Addington Symonds
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“Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.”
Time Quotes Source: Collectio Salernitans (vol. II, l. 130, ed. De Renzi)
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“Medicine for the soul.”
Books Quotes Source: Diodorus Siculus (I, 49, 3), inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes
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“The February born will find
Sincerity and peace of mind;
Freedom from passion and from care,
If they the Pearl (also green Amethyst) will wear.”
Pearls Quotes Source: February, in "Notes and Queries", May 11, 1889, p. 371
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“Tell me, shepherds, have you seen
My Flora pass this way?
In shape and feature Beauty's queen,
In pastoral array.”
Beauty Quotes Source: The Wreath, from "The Lyre"
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“When all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be
momentarily comforting.”
Failure Quotes Source: UNIT Procedures Manual, Zen Division.
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“Happy am I; from care I'm free!
Why aren't they all contented like me?”
Content Quotes Source: Opera of La Bayadere
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“The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the
roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of him who studies
man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously arranged.”
Public Quotes Source: Proverbs, or the Manual of Wisdom, on the title page, printed for Tabart & Co., London (1804)
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“Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
[Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna
charta.]”
Government Quotes Source: said by a Russian noble to Count Munster on the assassination of Paul I, emperor of Russia
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“Oh, we are weary pilgrims; to this wilderness we bring
A Church without a bishop, a State without a King.”
Government Quotes Source: Puritan's Mistake
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“A government of laws, and not of men.”
Government Quotes Source: Puritan's Mistake
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“There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behoves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us.”
Character Quotes Source: sometimes attributed to R.L. Stevenson, Kansas Gov. Hoch, E.T. Fowler, and others
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“She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.”
Character Quotes Source: Tribute to Queen Elizabeth, Manuscript 4712 in British Museum
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“All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural,
essential, and unalienable rights.”
Rights Quotes Source: Constitution of Massachusetts
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“The cordial agreement which exists between the governments of
France and Great Britain.
[Fr., La cordiale entente qui existe entre le gouvernement
francais et celui de la Grande-Bretagne.]”
Statesmanship Quotes Source: Le Charivari, review of a speech by Guizot, Jan. 1, 1844
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