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Ogden Nash: I don't mind...

Ogden Nash: I don't mind...

I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it,
But I do think that they damn well...

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Alexander Pope: One simile, that...

Alexander Pope: One simile, that...

One simile, that solitary shines
In a dry desert of a thousand lines.


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Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to...

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Oscar Wilde: The pure and...

Oscar Wilde: The pure and...

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

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Oscar Wilde: He to whom...

Oscar Wilde: He to whom...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he...

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Oscar Wilde: One should not...

Oscar Wilde: One should not...

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually...

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Oscar Wilde: For his mourners...

Oscar Wilde: For his mourners...

For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.


Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: One should never...

Oscar Wilde: One should never...

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one...

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Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Oscar Wilde: Other people are...

Other people are quite dreadful.
The only possible society is oneself.


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Oscar Wilde: I have nothing...

Oscar Wilde: I have nothing...

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Source: Comment, 3 Jan 1882, at the New...

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Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

Oscar Wilde: I know, of...

I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the...

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Oscar Wilde: Twenty years of...

Oscar Wilde: Twenty years of...

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public...

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William Shakespeare: There is a...

William Shakespeare: There is a...

There is a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death.

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Jean Anouilh: Tragedy is clean,...

Jean Anouilh: Tragedy is clean,...

Tragedy is clean, it is restful, it is flawless.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is so...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is so...

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite...

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Oscar Wilde: Beauty is a...

Oscar Wilde: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in...

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Oscar Wilde: I do not...

Oscar Wilde: I do not...

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it...

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Oscar Wilde: Thirty-five is a...

Oscar Wilde: Thirty-five is a...

Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free...

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Oscar Wilde: London is full...

Oscar Wilde: London is full...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognise them. They look so thoroughly...

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