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Oscar Wilde: Dullness is the...

Oscar Wilde: Dullness is the...

Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.

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Oscar Wilde: Intellectual generalities are...

Oscar Wilde: Intellectual generalities are...

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely...

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Oscar Wilde: Temperament is the...

Oscar Wilde: Temperament is the...

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic -- a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the...

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Oscar Wilde: A mask tells...

Oscar Wilde: A mask tells...

A mask tells us more than a face.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Oscar Wilde: That is what...

Oscar Wilde: That is what...

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as...

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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: Fashion is the...

Oscar Wilde: Fashion is the...

Fashion is the method by which the fantastic becomes for a moment universal.

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Brendan Behan: There's no one,...

Brendan Behan: There's no one,...

There's no one, no one, loves you like yourself.

Source: In Treasury of Humorous...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Zora Neale Hurston: Nothing that God...

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural.

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Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. . . . We will go...

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George Bernard Shaw: Nothing is worth...

George Bernard Shaw: Nothing is worth...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Source: Hypatia, in...

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George Bernard Shaw: A miracle is...

George Bernard Shaw: A miracle is...

A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. . . . Frauds deceive. An event...

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George Bernard Shaw: A man never...

George Bernard Shaw: A man never...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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George Bernard Shaw: England and America...

George Bernard Shaw: England and America...

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

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George Bernard Shaw: In order to...

George Bernard Shaw: In order to...

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

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George Bernard Shaw: My mother married...

George Bernard Shaw: My mother married...

My mother married a very good man . . . and she is not at all keen on my doing the same.

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George Bernard Shaw: I quite agree...

George Bernard Shaw: I quite agree...

I quite agree with you, sir, but what can two do against so many?

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George Bernard Shaw: Marriage is popular...

George Bernard Shaw: Marriage is popular...

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of...

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George Bernard Shaw: If the announcer...

George Bernard Shaw: If the announcer...

If the announcer can produce the impression that he is a gentlemen, he may pronounce as he...

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George Bernard Shaw: The British churchgoer...

George Bernard Shaw: The British churchgoer...

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbours no...

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