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Oscar Wilde: I know not...

Oscar Wilde: I know not...

I know not whether Laws be right
Or whether Laws be wrong;
All that we know who live in gaol
Is that the wall...

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Oscar Wilde: The exquisite art...

Oscar Wilde: The exquisite art...

The exquisite art of idleness, one of the most important things that any University can...

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Abraham Lincoln: Those who deny...

Abraham Lincoln: Those who deny...

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

Source: Speech, 19...

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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: Popularity is the...

Oscar Wilde: Popularity is the...

Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler.

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Oscar Wilde: Mr. Henry James...

Oscar Wilde: Mr. Henry James...

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Source: Vivian, in The...

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Oscar Wilde: The more one...

Oscar Wilde: The more one...

The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful...

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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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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: What rights are...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: What rights are...

What rights are those that dare not resist for them?

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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: Beauty itself doth...

William Shakespeare: Beauty itself doth...

Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men without an orator.


Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

George Bernard Shaw: The doctor learns...

The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is...

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George Bernard Shaw: The more things...

George Bernard Shaw: The more things...

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Source: Man &...

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George Bernard Shaw: We are all...

George Bernard Shaw: We are all...

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Source: In The...

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George Bernard Shaw: What a man...

George Bernard Shaw: What a man...

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his...

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George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

George Bernard Shaw: You don't learn...

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered...

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William Shakespeare: Every subject's duty...

William Shakespeare: Every subject's duty...

Every subject's duty is the king's: but every subject's soul is his own.

Source:...

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William Shakespeare: You undergo too...

William Shakespeare: You undergo too...

You undergo too strict a paradox,
Striving to make an ugly deed look fair:
Your words have took such pains as if...

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ZIGZAG, v.t. To...

ZIGZAG, v.t. To...

ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden. (From zed, z, and...

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