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Oscar Wilde: We can forgive...

Oscar Wilde: We can forgive...

We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless...

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Oscar Wilde: On mechanical slavery,...

Oscar Wilde: On mechanical slavery,...

On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

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Oscar Wilde: If this is...

Oscar Wilde: If this is...

If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any.

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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and...

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Oscar Wilde: Whatever harsh criticisms...

Oscar Wilde: Whatever harsh criticisms...

Whatever harsh criticisms may be passed on the construction of her sentences, she at least possesses that one touch of...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who moralises is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralises is invariably plain.

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Oscar Wilde: I should be...

Oscar Wilde: I should be...

I should be like a lion in a cave of savage Daniels.

Source: Explaining why he...

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Oscar Wilde: It is well...

Oscar Wilde: It is well...

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his...

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Oscar Wilde: The exquisite art...

Oscar Wilde: The exquisite art...

The exquisite art of idleness, one of the most important things that any University can...

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Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they...

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Oscar Wilde: Men become old,...

Oscar Wilde: Men become old,...

Men become old, but they never become good.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Men always want...

Oscar Wilde: Men always want...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last...

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Oscar Wilde: The greatest of...

Oscar Wilde: The greatest of...

The greatest of all sins is stupidity.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Oscar Wilde: The salesman knows...

Oscar Wilde: The salesman knows...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for...

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Oscar Wilde: Dear Frank, we...

Oscar Wilde: Dear Frank, we...

Dear Frank, we believe you; you have dined in every house in London - once.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: There are many...

Oscar Wilde: There are many...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them...

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Alexander Pope: Not to go...

Alexander Pope: Not to go...

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

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Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

Alexander Pope: A vast, vamped...

A vast, vamped future, old, revived new piece.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk i. 284
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An English home...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An English home...

An English home - gray twilight poured
On dewy pastures, dewy trees,
Softer than sleep - all things in order...

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