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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mother Ida,...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O mother Ida,...

O mother Ida, many-fountained Ida,
Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die.


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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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Oscar Wilde: There is nothing...

Oscar Wilde: There is nothing...

There is nothing in the whole world so unbecoming to a woman as a Nonconformist...

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Oscar Wilde: With an evening...

Oscar Wilde: With an evening...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being...

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Oscar Wilde: One's past is...

Oscar Wilde: One's past is...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

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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: In modern life...

Oscar Wilde: In modern life...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world...

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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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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: 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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