Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.


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There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vi...
REBECCA WEST
But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.
REBECCA WEST
Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so ...
REBECCA WEST
Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
MAE WEST
You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
MAE WEST
Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's...
REBECCA WEST
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
MAE WEST
He is every other inch a gentleman.
REBECCA WEST
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to app...
JESSAMYN WEST
Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better...
REBECCA WEST
If you want to stand out, don't be different, be outstanding.
MEREDITH WEST
All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sle...
REBECCA WEST
A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, hones...
CORNEL WEST
My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,...
MAE WEST
Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform ...
REBECCA WEST
There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out.
MAE WEST
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it wa...
WALT WEST
Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you.
MAE WEST
The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.
MAE WEST
There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of ...
REBECCA WEST
I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
MAE WEST