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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Jane Austen: One half the...

Jane Austen: One half the...

One half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: Surprises are foolish...

Jane Austen: Surprises are foolish...

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often...

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James Allen: In all human...

James Allen: In all human...

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the...

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Salman Rushdie: A book is...

Salman Rushdie: A book is...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in...

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Oscar Wilde: No work of...

Oscar Wilde: No work of...

No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.

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Oscar Wilde: Mere colour, unspoiled...

Oscar Wilde: Mere colour, unspoiled...

Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different...

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Oscar Wilde: There are moments...

Oscar Wilde: There are moments...

There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: I dislike modern...

Oscar Wilde: I dislike modern...

I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing looks so...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing looks so...

Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion.

Source: Cecil Graham, in Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: The old-fashioned respect...

Oscar Wilde: The old-fashioned respect...

The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.

Source: Gwendolen, in...

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Oscar Wilde: You should study...

Oscar Wilde: You should study...

You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the...

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Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are...

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Oscar Wilde: To make a...

Oscar Wilde: To make a...

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know...

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Oscar Wilde: A poet can...

Oscar Wilde: A poet can...

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Source: Pall Mall Gazette (London,...

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Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

Oscar Wilde: It is sweet...

It is sweet to dance to violins
When Love and Life are fair:
To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes
Is...

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Oscar Wilde: It is an...

Oscar Wilde: It is an...

It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and...

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Oscar Wilde: I choose my...

Oscar Wilde: I choose my...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good...

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Oscar Wilde: It is grossly...

Oscar Wilde: It is grossly...

It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions....

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Ogden Nash: What chills the...

Ogden Nash: What chills the...

What chills the finger not a bit
Is so frigid upon the fundament.


Source: Samson...

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