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Oscar Wilde: Fashion is a...

Oscar Wilde: Fashion is a...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

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William Shakespeare: O, what a...

William Shakespeare: O, what a...

O, what a world of vile ill-favoured faults,
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a...

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William Shakespeare: Much is the...

William Shakespeare: Much is the...

Much is the force of heaven-bred poesy.

Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, III....

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William Shakespeare: This world to...

William Shakespeare: This world to...

This world to me is like a lasting storm,
Whirring me from my friends.


Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: In America the...

Oscar Wilde: In America the...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their...

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Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Better the rule of One, whom all obey,
Than to let clamorous demagogues betray
Our freedom with the kiss of...

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Oscar Wilde: There should be...

Oscar Wilde: There should be...

There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their...

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Oscar Wilde: The only way...

Oscar Wilde: The only way...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: There is something...

Oscar Wilde: There is something...

There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start...

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Oscar Wilde: Wickedness is a...

Oscar Wilde: Wickedness is a...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of...

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Oscar Wilde: There is only...

Oscar Wilde: There is only...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor...

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Oscar Wilde: The youth of...

Oscar Wilde: The youth of...

The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for 300 years.

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Oscar Wilde: All charming people,...

Oscar Wilde: All charming people,...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

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Oscar Wilde: A mask tells...

Oscar Wilde: A mask tells...

A mask tells us more than a face.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Oscar Wilde: Civilization requires slaves....

Oscar Wilde: Civilization requires slaves....

Civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery...

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Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Alexander Pope: Not louder shrieks...

Alexander Pope: Not louder shrieks...

Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast,
When husbands, or when lap-dogs breathe their...

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Alexander Pope: Tis education forms...

Alexander Pope: Tis education forms...

Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.


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Alexander Pope: A brain of...

Alexander Pope: A brain of...

A brain of feathers and a heart of lead.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk ii. 44
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Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Alexander Pope: Charms strike the...

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Source: The Rape of the Lock, V....

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