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Ogden Nash: Basketball, a game...

Ogden Nash: Basketball, a game...

Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to...

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Thornton Wilder: Enjoy your ice...

Thornton Wilder: Enjoy your ice...

Enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate -- that's my philosophy.

Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: It is a...

Oscar Wilde: It is a...

It is a very sad thing nowadays that there is so little useless information.

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Oscar Wilde: When critics disagree,...

Oscar Wilde: When critics disagree,...

When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: The aim of...

Oscar Wilde: The aim of...

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized...

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Oscar Wilde: When people talk...

Oscar Wilde: When people talk...

When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.

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Oscar Wilde: After a good...

Oscar Wilde: After a good...

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Source: Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: When I was...

Oscar Wilde: When I was...

When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it...

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Oscar Wilde: If you pretend...

Oscar Wilde: If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the...

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Oscar Wilde: When liberty comes...

Oscar Wilde: When liberty comes...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

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Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

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Oscar Wilde: The husbands of...

Oscar Wilde: The husbands of...

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: When we are...

Oscar Wilde: When we are...

When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.

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Oscar Wilde: Nowadays most people...

Oscar Wilde: Nowadays most people...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one...

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Oscar Wilde: Good resolutions are...

Oscar Wilde: Good resolutions are...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

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Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their...

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Oscar Wilde: Meredith is a...

Oscar Wilde: Meredith is a...

Meredith is a prose Browning, and so is Browning.

Source: The Critic as Artist, Pt...

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Oscar Wilde: There are only...

Oscar Wilde: There are only...

There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating -- people who know absolutely everything, and people who...

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Oscar Wilde: I can sympathize...

Oscar Wilde: I can sympathize...

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Source: The Picture of Dorian...

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Oscar Wilde: In fact, the...

Oscar Wilde: In fact, the...

In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people. . . . The...

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