Dictionary Poems

The worst slave-owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realized by those who suffered from it, and understood by those who contemplated it. Discuss Oscar Wilde

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power. Discuss Alexander Hamilton

To be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune. L. Frank Baum

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. Discuss Henry James

How great would be the desire in every admirer of nature to behold, if such were possible, the scenery of another planet! Discuss Charles Darwin

Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others. Discuss Joseph Conrad

If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least. Discuss Herman Melville

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works. Discuss Alexandre Dumas

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. Discuss W. Somerset Maugham

It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good. Discuss Sophocles