Quotes by Dramatist | Beyond Motive 23/76

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Quotes by Dramatist

"It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser."

"It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

Fight, Fighting

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"Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching."

"Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

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"He who allows me to rule is in fact my master."

"He who allows me to rule is in fact my master."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch."

"Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch."

George S. Kaufman, American Dramatist

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"Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art."

"Just letting it out is one of the definitions of bad art."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

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"We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest."

"We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

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"We have not the time to take our time."

"We have not the time to take our time."

Eugene Ionesco, French Dramatist

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"Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth."

"Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth."

Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist

Punishment, Saying

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"A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune."

"A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune."

Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist

People, Ambition, Fortune, Man

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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men."

"Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men."

William Wycherley, English Dramatist

Men, Women, Honor, Scandal

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"Punctuality is the thief of time."

"Punctuality is the thief of time."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Satire, Time, Loss, Truth, Irony

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"Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much."

"Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

Love, Being, May, Neighbors

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"In this world truth can wait; she is used to it."

"In this world truth can wait; she is used to it."

Douglas William Jerrold, English Dramatist

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

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

Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist

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"Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power."

"Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Power, Universe

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"Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."

"Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Moderation, Love, Truth, Wisdom

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"He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others."

"He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others."

Samuel Foote, English Dramatist

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"Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow."

"Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

People, Plants, Trees

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"The will of man is his happiness."

"The will of man is his happiness."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Happiness, Man, Will

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"A good memory is needed after one has lied."

"A good memory is needed after one has lied."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"How now! Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." Lady Macbeth."

"How now! Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." Lady Macbeth."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Guilt, Truth, Power, Regret, Life

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"No man is rich enough to buy back his past."

"No man is rich enough to buy back his past."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"A noble heart will always capitulate to reason."

"A noble heart will always capitulate to reason."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Heart, Reason, Will

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"The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles."

"The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

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"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."

"Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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"A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend."

"A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Relationship, Friendship, Love, Choice

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"Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."

"Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Wit, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!"

"Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!"

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Enemy, Fate, Pity

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"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

William Wycherley, English Dramatist

Wife, Fool, Man, Wit

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"Honest labor bears a lovely face."

"Honest labor bears a lovely face."

Thomas Dekker, English Dramatist

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"Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore."

"Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

Cancer, Illness

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"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose."

"Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness."

"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

People, Frankness

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"Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it."

"Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it."

Tom Stoppard, English Dramatist

Beauty, Certainty, Joy, May

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"However anxious one is to reach one's goal, one can excuse delays on the route when these are caused by ovations."

"However anxious one is to reach one's goal, one can excuse delays on the route when these are caused by ovations."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

Success, Ambition, Fame, Recognition, Delay

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"Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime."

"Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime."

Vittorio Alfieri, Italian Dramatist

Happiness, Care, Crime, Heaven

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"People can be slave-ships in shoes."

"People can be slave-ships in shoes."

Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist

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"Princess, the great difference between people in this world is not between the rich and the poor or the good and the evil, the biggest of all differences in this world is between the ones that had or have the pleasure in love and those that haven't and hadn't any pleasure in love, but just watched it with envy, sick envy. The spectators and the performers."

"Princess, the great difference between people in this world is not between the rich and the poor or the good and the evil, the biggest of all differences in this world is between the ones that had or have the pleasure in love and those that haven't and hadn't any pleasure in love, but just watched it with envy, sick envy. The spectators and the performers."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

Relationship, Love, Jealousy, Observation, Desire

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"The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?"

"The strangest thing that human speech and human writing can do is create a metaphor. That is an amazing leap, is it not?"

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

Metaphor, Speech, Writing

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"Love is a tyrant sparing none."

"Love is a tyrant sparing none."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"Your words smell of corpses."

"Your words smell of corpses."

Georg Buchner, German Dramatist

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"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."

"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."

John Ciardi, English Dramatist

American, Constitution, Fool, Right

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"God forgives those who invent what they need."

"God forgives those who invent what they need."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

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"As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe."

"As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

Friendship, Friend, Mercy, Sun, World

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"The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh."

"The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

35

"They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance."

"They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Humorous, Repentance, Behavior, Appearance, Guilt

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"Weaving spiders, come not here, Hence, you long legged spinners, hence! Beetles black, approach not here, worm nor snail, do no offense."

"Weaving spiders, come not here, Hence, you long legged spinners, hence! Beetles black, approach not here, worm nor snail, do no offense."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Nature, Warning, Wisdom, Life

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"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."

"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

Famous, Memories, Will

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"I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do."

"I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do."

Edward Albee, American Dramatist

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