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Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

The Governor was strong upon
The Regulations Act:
The Doctor said that Death was but
A scientific...

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Oscar Wilde: Something was dead...

Oscar Wilde: Something was dead...

Something was dead in each of us,
And what was dead was Hope.


Source: The Ballad...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: We become lovers...

Oscar Wilde: We become lovers...

We become lovers when we see Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet makes us students. The blood of Duncan is upon our hands,...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

Source: Vivian, in The Decay...

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Oscar Wilde: Nobody of any...

Oscar Wilde: Nobody of any...

Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old...

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Oscar Wilde: We have been...

Oscar Wilde: We have been...

We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence...

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William Shakespeare: Our remedies oft...

William Shakespeare: Our remedies oft...

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie,
Which we ascribe to heaven.


Source: All's...

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William Shakespeare: A man whom...

William Shakespeare: A man whom...

A man whom both the waters and the wind,
In that vast tennis-court, have made the ball
For them to play...

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William Shakespeare: And now what...

William Shakespeare: And now what...

And now what rests but that we spend the time
With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows,
Such as befits the...

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William Shakespeare: And so to...

William Shakespeare: And so to...

And so to publish Tarquin's foul offence:
Which being done with speedy diligence,
The Romans plausibly did give...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: That eternal want...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: That eternal want...

That eternal want of pence
Which vexes public men.


Source: Will Waterproof's...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou shalt hear...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Thou shalt hear...

Thou shalt hear the `Never, never', whispered by the phantom years.

Source:...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wearing all that...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Wearing all that...

Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.


Source: In Memoriam,...

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Alexander Pope: One science only...

Alexander Pope: One science only...

One science only will one genius fit;
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All things have...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: All things have...

All things have rest: why should we toil alone,
We only toil, who are the first of...

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William Shakespeare: Manhood is melted...

William Shakespeare: Manhood is melted...

Manhood is melted into courtesies, valour into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones,...

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William Shakespeare: Every good servant...

William Shakespeare: Every good servant...

Every good servant does not all commands.

Source: Cymbeline, V:1
-- William...

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William Shakespeare: Whereat, with blade,...

William Shakespeare: Whereat, with blade,...

Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade,
He bravely broached his boiling bloody...

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William Shakespeare: Out of this...

William Shakespeare: Out of this...

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

Source: Henry IV, Pt I,...

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