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William Shakespeare: A goodly apple...

William Shakespeare: A goodly apple...

A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!


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Ogden Nash: You scour the...

Ogden Nash: You scour the...

You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,
Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks.
From river to river you comb...

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William Shakespeare: Though authority be...

William Shakespeare: Though authority be...

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold.

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William Shakespeare: Write till your...

William Shakespeare: Write till your...

Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears
Moist it again, and frame some feeling line
That may discover...

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William Shakespeare: They say miracles...

William Shakespeare: They say miracles...

They say miracles are past; and we have ourphilosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and...

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William Shakespeare: Few love to...

William Shakespeare: Few love to...

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Source: Pericles, I. i. (92).
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William Shakespeare: I marvel how...

William Shakespeare: I marvel how...

I marvel how the fishes live in the sea.
Why, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little...

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William Shakespeare: What stronger breastplate...

William Shakespeare: What stronger breastplate...

What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted!
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but...

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William Shakespeare: Fair flowers that...

William Shakespeare: Fair flowers that...

Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime
Rot and consume themselves in little...

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Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, the world...

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Oscar Wilde: Real beauty ends...

Oscar Wilde: Real beauty ends...

Real beauty ends where an intellectual expression begins.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: My great mistake,...

Oscar Wilde: My great mistake,...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own...

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Oscar Wilde: When one pays...

Oscar Wilde: When one pays...

When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.

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Oscar Wilde: When a woman...

Oscar Wilde: When a woman...

When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he...

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Oscar Wilde: Examinations, sir, are...

Oscar Wilde: Examinations, sir, are...

Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing spoils a...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing spoils a...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: The intellect is...

Oscar Wilde: The intellect is...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing makes one...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing makes one...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.

Source: Lord Henry,...

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Oscar Wilde: Women love us...

Oscar Wilde: Women love us...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic...

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Oscar Wilde: Questions are never...

Oscar Wilde: Questions are never...

Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.

Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An...

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