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Oscar Wilde: The true mystery...

Oscar Wilde: The true mystery...

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Source: In Pearls...

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Oscar Wilde: The American father....

Oscar Wilde: The American father....

The American father. . . is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his...

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Oscar Wilde: America had often...

Oscar Wilde: America had often...

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

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Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

To many, no doubt, he will seem to be somewhat blatant and bumptious, but we prefer to regard him as being simply...

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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: Ah, every day...

Oscar Wilde: Ah, every day...

Ah, every day dear Herbert becomes de plus en plus Oscarie. It is wonderful case of nature imitating...

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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: If you are...

Oscar Wilde: If you are...

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Source: Gwendolen,...

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Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Thornton Wilder: Winning children (who...

Winning children (who appear so guileless) are children who have discovered how effective charm and modesty and a...

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Alexander Pope: Some people will...

Alexander Pope: Some people will...

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too...

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Alexander Pope: Is there no...

Alexander Pope: Is there no...

Is there no bright reversion in the sky,
For those who greatly think, or bravely die?


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Alexander Pope: All seems infected...

Alexander Pope: All seems infected...

All seems infected that th'infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.


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Alexander Pope: And love th'...

Alexander Pope: And love th'...

And love th' offender, yet detest th' offence.

Source: Eloisa to Abelard, 192
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Alexander Pope: For fools admire,...

Alexander Pope: For fools admire,...

For fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Source: An Essay on Criticism,...

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Alexander Pope: For Forms of...

Alexander Pope: For Forms of...

For Forms of Government let fools contest;
Whate'er is best administer'd is best.


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Alexander Pope: Here thou, great...

Alexander Pope: Here thou, great...

Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey,
Dost sometimes counsel take - and sometimes...

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Alexander Pope: Many people are...

Alexander Pope: Many people are...

Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous...

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Alexander Pope: Never elated when...

Alexander Pope: Never elated when...

Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.

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Alexander Pope: No creature smarts...

Alexander Pope: No creature smarts...

No creature smarts so little as a fool.

Source: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.
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Alexander Pope: Men must be...

Alexander Pope: Men must be...

Men must be taught as if you taught them not,
And things unknown proposed as things...

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