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Quotes by Dramatist
"I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it."
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"When you look at a piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken."
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"We love peace, but not peace at any price."
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"Sometime [Queen Mab] driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,Of healths five fathom deep; and then anonDrums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or twoAnd sleeps again."
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"The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom."
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"Friar Laurence:O, mickle is the powerful grace that liesIn herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities: For nought to vile that on the earth doth live, But to the earth some special good doth give; nor aught so good, but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse: Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime's by action dignified."
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"Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightLike a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear,Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.So shows a snowy dove trooping with crowsAs yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,And, touching hers, make blessA d my rude hand.Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
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"Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing."
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"Borkin: Ladies and gentlemen, why are you so glum? Sitting there like a jury after it's been sworn in! ... Let's think up something. What would you like? Forfeits, tug of war, catch, dancing, fireworks?"
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"Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!"
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"He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature."
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"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."
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"After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world."
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"The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius."
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"How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
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"She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious. Her feet are very pretty, but they are not feet of clay. White porcelain feet, if you like. They have been through the fire, and what fire does not destroy, it hardens. She has had experiences."
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"Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead."
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"How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?"
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