Escritas — Poems List

Edna Ferber

Writers should be read but

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

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Oscar Wilde

My wallpaper and i are

My wallpaper and i are fighting a duel to death. One or the other has to go.

85

Charles Mackay

Men, it has been well

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

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Oscar Wilde

The strength of women comes

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women… merely adored.

81

May Sarton

Women are at last becoming

Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be.

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Oscar Wilde

Imagination is a quality given

Imagination is a quality given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humaor is provided to console him from what he is.

76

Anne Rice

Nothing in all the world

Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past.

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Oscar Wilde

The problem with the common

The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!

78

Marcelene Cox

A vacation frequently means that

A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it.

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Oscar Wilde

Art is the most intense

Art is the most intense form of individualism that the world has known.

82

Voltaire

Think for yourselves and let

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

148

Julia Alvarez

A novel is not, after

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

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Oscar Wilde

The proper basis for marriage

The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.

104

Kathleen Norris

When you are unhappy, is

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

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Anonymous

Practice random beauty and senseless

Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love.

97

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Love has taught us that

Love has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.

132

Oscar Wilde

Eduaction is an admirable thing,

Eduaction is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

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Simone Weil

Those who are unhappy have

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

98

Hillary Clinton

One thing we know for

One thing we know for sure is that change is certain, progress is not.

60

Tacitus

The more corrupt the state,

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

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Pearl Buck

Truth is always exciting. Speak

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then, Life is dull without it.

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Oscar Wilde

There is no sin except

There is no sin except stupidity.

79

J. M. Barry

God gave us memories that

God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.

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Francois Mitterand

il faut laisser du temps

il faut laisser du temps au temps

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