Quotes 981 till 1000 of 1730.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
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Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.
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Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.
Othello (1622) -
Por blessing ever waits on virtuous deeds, I and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
The Mourning Bride (1697) 5, 12 -
Poverty breeds wealth; and wealth in its turn breeds poverty. The earth, to form the mould, is taken out of the ditch; and whatever may be the height of the one will be the depth of the other.
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Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
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Poverty, of course, is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
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Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
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Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.
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Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.
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Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.
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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is greater.
Men and Manners: Sketches and Essays (1852), On the Conversations of Lords -
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
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