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Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. William Wycherley
Death Jealous Jealousy Eyes Revenge Petty Hunger Foes Only Close Sleep
I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for. William Wycherley
Man People Pay Eat Most Another Heard Heartily Meat
Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. William Wycherley
You Women Honor Men Scandal Would Only Call Tis Reputations Persons Your Avoid
I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. William Wycherley
Man Better King Weigh Make Metal His Tis Title Stamp
Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business. William Wycherley
Business Pleasure Go Whilst Your
Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one. William Wycherley
Old Pleasure Finding New Mistress Being Old One Next Rid
Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. William Wycherley
Argument Enough Intricate Sure Court Question Confound Your
Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate. William Wycherley
You Hate Poets Like Debt Friends Whom
Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it. William Wycherley
Woman Ugly Beauty Young Think More Wit Without Than Handsome Young Woman Agreeable Necessary
You sparkle with larceny. Wilson Mizner
You Sparkle Larceny
To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady. Wilson Mizner
Embarrassment Born Bed Lady
There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless. Wilson Mizner
Restless About Something Terribly Makes Closet Skeleton
Most hard-boiled people are half-baked. Wilson Mizner
People Most Half-Baked
The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. Wilson Mizner
Wisdom You Faux Out Kind Between Depends Difference Bar Turn
Failure has gone to his head. Wilson Mizner
Failure Gone Head His
I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own. Wilson Mizner
Own Only Lawyers Had Contact Leave Convinced Fortune Ever Ample
But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms. Wole Soyinka
Art Nature Communication Various Both Most Call Because Audience Text Art Forms Effects Theater Forms Social Multimedia Base Why Images Wider
I am a glutton for tranquility. Wole Soyinka
Am Tranquility
Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent. Wole Soyinka
Religion History Together World Aligned Always Continent Trading Been The History Of African
I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer. Wole Soyinka
Art Writing School Definite Poems Poetry Writer School Plays Involved Wrote Said Always Been Began Selling Very Festivals Essays Short Stories Short Stories Moment Radio Now Early Plays
I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter. Wole Soyinka
Love Beauty Like Accidentally Up Platter Served
Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake. Wole Soyinka
Work Art Vision Own Solace Consumer Pick Am Sake Up Literary Literary Work Literature
History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice. Wole Soyinka
History Justice Liberated Righteous Beware Accompany Often Us Teaches Injustices Thirst
Education is lacking in most of those who pontificate. Wole Soyinka
Education Those Most Lacking Pontificate Who
I don't know any other way to live but to wake up every day armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me. Wole Soyinka
Day Me Every Day People Wake Up Power Convictions Live Every Other Despise Way Danger Threat Armed Know Force Wake Up Yielding Any Any Other Way Them Might Who
The phenomenon of creativity, we know, is closely related to the ability to yoke together separate, and even seemingly incompatible, matrices. Wole Soyinka
Together Creativity Related Ability Seemingly Know Yoke Closely Separate Even Incompatible Phenomenon
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