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Oscar Wilde: Murder is always...

Oscar Wilde: Murder is always...

Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after...

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Oscar Wilde: Youth! There is...

Oscar Wilde: Youth! There is...

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But...

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Oscar Wilde: A kiss may...

Oscar Wilde: A kiss may...

A kiss may ruin a human life.

Source: Mrs. Arbuthnot, in A Woman of No Importance,...

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Oscar Wilde: I delight in...

Oscar Wilde: I delight in...

I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.

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Oscar Wilde: There is much...

Oscar Wilde: There is much...

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in...

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Oscar Wilde: Art never expresses...

Oscar Wilde: Art never expresses...

Art never expresses anything but itself.

Source: The Decay of Lying.
-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: She is absolutely...

Oscar Wilde: She is absolutely...

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis only noble...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Tis only noble...

Tis only noble to be good.
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All the charm...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All the charm...

All the charm of all the Muses
often flowering in a lonely word.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dowered with the...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Dowered with the...

Dowered with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn,
The love of love.


Source: The...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Forgive! How...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Forgive! How...

Forgive! How many will say, forgive, and find
A sort of absolution in the sound
To hate a little...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Great in council...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Great in council...

Great in council and great in war,
Foremost captain of his time.


Source: Ode on...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O tell her,...

O tell her, brief is life but love is long.

Source: The Princess, IV
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out false...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring out false...

Ring out false pride in blood and place,
The civic slander and the spite.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The sequel of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The sequel of...

The sequel of to-day unsolders all
The goodliest fellowship of famous knights
Whereof this world holds...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Who is wise...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Who is wise...

Who is wise in love, love most, say least.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ogden Nash: Tell me, O...

Ogden Nash: Tell me, O...

Tell me, O Octopus, I begs,
Is those things arms, or is they legs?
I marvel at thee, Octopus; If I were thou,...

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Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there...

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Oscar Wilde: Pray don't talk...

Oscar Wilde: Pray don't talk...

Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel...

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Oscar Wilde: All bad poetry...

Oscar Wilde: All bad poetry...

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be...

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