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Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.

Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.

by W. H. Auden Found in: Names Quotes,
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I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business read more

I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, "Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here."

by Count Basie Found in: Names Quotes,
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He left a Corsair's name to other times,
Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.

He left a Corsair's name to other times,
Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.

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Ah! replied my gentle fair,
Beloved, what are names but air?
Choose thou, whatever suits the line:
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Ah! replied my gentle fair,
Beloved, what are names but air?
Choose thou, whatever suits the line:
Call me Sappho, call me Chloris,
Call me Lalage, or Doris,
Only, only, call me thine.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Found in: Names Quotes,
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Above any Greek or Roman name.

Above any Greek or Roman name.

by John Dryden Found in: Names Quotes,
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The dodgerest of all the dodgers.

The dodgerest of all the dodgers.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Names Quotes,
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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving
favour rather than silver and gold.

by Bible Found in: Names Sayings, General Sayings,
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One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die

by Evelyn Waugh Found in: Names Quotes,
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The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot,
And when fate writ my name it made a blot.

The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot,
And when fate writ my name it made a blot.

by Henry Fielding Found in: Names Quotes,
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