Authorship Quotes
No.	Quotation	Last Name	First Name
1	But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.	Byron	Lord
2	Habits of close attention, thinking heads, Become more rare as dissipation spreads, Till authors hear at length one general cry Tickle and entertain us, or we die!	Cowper	William
3	The unhappy man, who once has trailed a pen, Lives not to please himself, but other men; Is always drudging, wastes his life and blood, Yet only eats and drinks what you think good.	Dryden	John
4	Lest men suspect your tale untrue Keep probability in view. The traveller leaping o'er those bounds, The credit of his book confounds.	Gay
5	Immodest words admit of no defence. For want of decency is want of sense. * * * * * But foul descriptions are offensive still, Either for being like or being ill.	Earl of Boscommon
6	Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay, 't is past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.	Pope	Alexander
7	Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipped me in ink,--my parents', or my own!	Pope	Alexander
8	And so I penned It down, until at last it came to be. For length and breadth, the highness which you see.	Bunyan	John
9	None but an author knows an author's cares, Or Fancy's fondness for the child she bears.	Cowper	William
10	Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic. I must paint it.	Pope	Alexander

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