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W C Fields: Women are like...

W C Fields: Women are like...

Women are like elephants to me; they're nice to look at but I wouldn't want to own one.

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W C Fields: The cost of...

W C Fields: The cost of...

The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Fred Allen: Batten, Barton, Durstine...

Fred Allen: Batten, Barton, Durstine...

Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne sounds like a trunk falling down a flight of stairs.

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Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

Thornton Wilder: I've never forgotten...

I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the...

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J August Strindberg: Silence hides nothing....

J August Strindberg: Silence hides nothing....

Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.

Source: 'Ghost Sonata'
-- J August...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Things seen are...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Things seen are...

Things seen are mightier than things heard.

Source: Enoch Arden.
-- Alfred, Lord...

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William Wordsworth: Thought and theory...

William Wordsworth: Thought and theory...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or...

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Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Oscar Wilde: Life imitates art...

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

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: CECILY. When I...

Oscar Wilde: CECILY. When I...

CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade.
GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade. It is obvious...

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Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Oscar Wilde: Charity, dear Miss...

Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to...

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Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the...

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Oscar Wilde: Women are never...

Oscar Wilde: Women are never...

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the...

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Oscar Wilde: Most people die...

Oscar Wilde: Most people die...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never...

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Oscar Wilde: Literature always anticipates...

Oscar Wilde: Literature always anticipates...

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but molds it to its purpose.

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Thornton Wilder: A dramatist is...

Thornton Wilder: A dramatist is...

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any...

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Robert Frost: One could do...

Robert Frost: One could do...

One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

Source: 'Birches'
-- Robert...

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Robert Frost: Something there is...

Robert Frost: Something there is...

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
And wants it down.


Source: Mending...

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Robert Frost: Tree at my...

Robert Frost: Tree at my...

Tree at my window, window tree,
My sash is lowered when night comes on;
But let there never be curtain...

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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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