Escritas — Poems List

George Orwell

Power is not a means,

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

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Voltaire

Appreciation is a wonderful thing:

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

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General Omar Bradley

Our humanity is trapped by

Our humanity is trapped by moral adolescents. We have too many men of science, too few men of God. The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom and power without conscience.

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Jane Austen

It is always incomprehensible to

It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.

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Berta Buxton

The eleventh commandment --- Thou

The eleventh commandment --- Thou shalt not be found out --- is the only one that is virtually impossible to keep these days.

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Nathan Campbell

Drama is imagination limited by

Drama is imagination limited by logic. Mathematics is logic limited by imagination.

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Dagobert D. Runes

Dictators long ago found out

Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.

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Madre Teresa

Kind words can be short

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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Shirley Temple

I stopped believing in Santa

I stopped believing in Santa Claus at age six when my mother took me to see him in a store and he asked for my autograph.

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John Lennon

The reason why kids are

The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.

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Plato

Knowledge is true opinion.

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Henry Havelock Ellis

Jealousy - that dragon which

Jealousy - that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive.

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Oscar Wilde

Sin is the only real

Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

I refuse to believe that

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tunafish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is true greatness to

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

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Jose Narosky

In war, there are no

In war, there are no unwounded solders.

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Oscar Wilde

Being natural is simply a

Being natural is simply a pose.

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Marilyn Monroe

I have too many fantasies

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

While we are postponing, life

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

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G. Weilacher

One only needs two tools

One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.

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Dr. Joyce Brothers

Marriage is not just spiritual

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

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Oscar Wilde

When critics disagree the artist

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

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Samuel Johnson

Oats. A grain, which in

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

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Ray Bradbury

All you umpires, back to

All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try.

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