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Oscar Wilde: We quaff the...

Oscar Wilde: We quaff the...

We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim -- objects...

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Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Cecil Graham: What is a cynic?
Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of...

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Oscar Wilde: I'm sure I...

Oscar Wilde: I'm sure I...

I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like...

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Oscar Wilde: We can have...

Oscar Wilde: We can have...

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often...

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Oscar Wilde: The tragedy of...

Oscar Wilde: The tragedy of...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

Source: Lord...

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Ogden Nash: Whether elected or...

Ogden Nash: Whether elected or...

Whether elected or appointed
He considers himself the Lord's annointed,
And indeed the ointment lingers on...

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Ogden Nash: A lady is...

Ogden Nash: A lady is...

A lady is known by the product she endorses.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ogden Nash: Remorse is a...

Ogden Nash: Remorse is a...

Remorse is a violent dyspepsia of the mind.

Source: A Clean Conscience Never...

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Ogden Nash: There is only...

Ogden Nash: There is only...

There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is enjoy earning...

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Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Ogden Nash: Why did the...

Why did the Lord give us so much quickness of movement unless it was to avoid...

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Ogden Nash: Indoors or out,...

Ogden Nash: Indoors or out,...

Indoors or out, no one relaxes
In March, that month of wind and taxes,
The wind will presently disappear,
The...

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Alexander Pope: Some daemon stole...

Alexander Pope: Some daemon stole...

Some daemon stole my pen (forgive th' offence)
And once betrayed me into common sense.
Else all my prose and...

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Alexander Pope: Achilles' wrath, to...

Alexander Pope: Achilles' wrath, to...

Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring
Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess...

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Alexander Pope: All gardening is...

Alexander Pope: All gardening is...

All gardening is landscape painting.

Source: Joseph Spence's 'Anecdotes'
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Alexander Pope: I am His...

Alexander Pope: I am His...

I am His Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me sir, whose dog are you?


Source: On...

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Alexander Pope: Fired that the...

Alexander Pope: Fired that the...

Fired that the house reject him, `'Sdeath I'll print it,
And shame the fools.'


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Alexander Pope: Most authors steal...

Alexander Pope: Most authors steal...

Most authors steal their works, or buy.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Alexander Pope: Pride, the never...

Alexander Pope: Pride, the never...

Pride, the never failing vice of fools.

Source: An Essay on Criticism, 204
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Alexander Pope: If parts allure...

Alexander Pope: If parts allure...

If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined,
The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind:
Or, ravished with the...

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Alexander Pope: The Muse but...

Alexander Pope: The Muse but...

The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not Wife,
To help me through this long disease, my...

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