This above all: to thine own self be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man. –William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (1564-1616).
William Shakespeare: To thine own self be true
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Robert Frost: Poetry
“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. ”
—Robert Frost
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Francoise Sagan: Writing
I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. –Francoise Sagan, playwright and novelist (1935-2004)
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Mark Twain: Truth and fiction
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Persecution and not…
Ralph Waldo Emerson Español: Ralph Waldo Emerson. Français : Ralph Waldo Emerson Italiano: Ralph Waldo Emerson Nederlands: Fotogravure van Ralph Waldo Emerson Português: Ralph Waldo Emerson Русский: Ральф Уолдо Эмерсон Svenska: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. –Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882).
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Corrie Ten Boom: Worry
Corrie ten Boom, “The Hiding Place” (Photo credit: Corrie ten Boom Museum)
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. ”
—Corrie Ten Boom
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