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Oscar Wilde: It is a...

Oscar Wilde: It is a...

It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.

Source: Gilbert, in The Critic as Artist,...

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Oscar Wilde: Pessimist -- one...

Oscar Wilde: Pessimist -- one...

Pessimist -- one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing one can do with good advice is pass it on. It is never of any use to...

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Oscar Wilde: To become the...

Oscar Wilde: To become the...

To become the spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

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Oscar Wilde: She lacks the...

Oscar Wilde: She lacks the...

She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad...

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Oscar Wilde: Don't tell me...

Oscar Wilde: Don't tell me...

Don't tell me that you have exhausted Life. When a man says that, one knows that life has exhausted...

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Oscar Wilde: Action is the...

Oscar Wilde: Action is the...

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Source: In The...

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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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William Wordsworth: A reasoning, self-sufficing...

William Wordsworth: A reasoning, self-sufficing...

A reasoning, self-sufficing thing,
An intellectual all-in-all.


Source: A Poet's...

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William Wordsworth: And I could...

William Wordsworth: And I could...

And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

Source: 'My...

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William Wordsworth: From the body...

William Wordsworth: From the body...

From the body of one guilty deed a 1000 ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

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William Wordsworth: The flower that...

William Wordsworth: The flower that...

The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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William Wordsworth: Nor less I...

William Wordsworth: Nor less I...

Nor less I deem that there are powers
Which of themselves our minds impress;
That we can feed this mind of...

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William Wordsworth: He spake of...

William Wordsworth: He spake of...

He spake of love, such love as spirits feel
In worlds whose course is equable and pure;
No fears to beat away -...

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William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

William Wordsworth: Behold the child...

Behold the child among his new-born blisses,
A six-years' darling of a pigmy size!


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William Wordsworth: Provoke<br>The years to...

William Wordsworth: Provoke
The years to...

Provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke.


Source: Ode. Intimations of...

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William Wordsworth: The clouds that...

William Wordsworth: The clouds that...

The clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er...

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William Wordsworth: Visionary power<br>Attends the...

William Wordsworth: Visionary power
Attends the...

Visionary power
Attends the motions of the viewless winds,
Embodied in the mystery of...

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William Wordsworth: A voice so...

William Wordsworth: A voice so...

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard
In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird,
Breaking the silence of the...

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