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William Shakespeare: Except I be...

William Shakespeare: Except I be...

Except I be by Silvia in the night,
There is no music in the nightingale;
Unless I look on Silvia in the...

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William Shakespeare: I'll be as...

William Shakespeare: I'll be as...

I'll be as patient as a gentle stream
And make a pastime of each weary step,
Till the last step have brought me...

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William Shakespeare: Once more the...

William Shakespeare: Once more the...

Once more the engine of her thoughts began:

Source: Venus and Adonis, 367.
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William Shakespeare: To the orbed...

William Shakespeare: To the orbed...

To the orbed earth; sometimes they do extend
Their view right on; anon their gazes lend
To every place at once,...

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George Herbert: The cow knows...

George Herbert: The cow knows...

The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.

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Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Oscar Wilde: Experience is one...

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Oscar Wilde: There is always...

Oscar Wilde: There is always...

There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: The one person...

Oscar Wilde: The one person...

The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.

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Oscar Wilde: He had that...

Oscar Wilde: He had that...

He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in...

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Oscar Wilde: In a very...

Oscar Wilde: In a very...

In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.

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Oscar Wilde: He was always...

Oscar Wilde: He was always...

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of...

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Oscar Wilde: Absolute catholicity of...

Oscar Wilde: Absolute catholicity of...

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of...

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Oscar Wilde: I never saw...

Oscar Wilde: I never saw...

I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the...

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Oscar Wilde: Whatever harsh criticisms...

Oscar Wilde: Whatever harsh criticisms...

Whatever harsh criticisms may be passed on the construction of her sentences, she at least possesses that one touch of...

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Oscar Wilde: If they have...

Oscar Wilde: If they have...

If they have not opened the eyes of the blind, they have at least given great encouragement to the short-sighted, and...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who moralises is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralises is invariably plain.

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Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: No great artist...

Oscar Wilde: No great artist...

No great artist sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.

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Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they...

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Oscar Wilde: Genius is born,...

Oscar Wilde: Genius is born,...

Genius is born, not paid.

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

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