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Oscar Wilde: In his very...

Oscar Wilde: In his very...

In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he...

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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: And the wild...

Oscar Wilde: And the wild...

And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats,
None knew so well as I:
For he who lives more lives than...

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Oscar Wilde: Crying is the...

Oscar Wilde: Crying is the...

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Source: Duchess of...

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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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Oscar Wilde: That is what...

Oscar Wilde: That is what...

That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as...

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Oscar Wilde: Fashion is the...

Oscar Wilde: Fashion is the...

Fashion is the method by which the fantastic becomes for a moment universal.

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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: Narcissus so himself...

William Shakespeare: Narcissus so himself...

Narcissus so himself himself forsook,
And died to kiss his shadow in the brook.


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William Shakespeare: Had I but...

William Shakespeare: Had I but...

Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my King, He would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine...

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William Shakespeare: This above all:...

William Shakespeare: This above all:...

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to...

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William Shakespeare: Suit the action...

William Shakespeare: Suit the action...

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Source: Hamlet, III:2
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William Shakespeare: Study is like...

William Shakespeare: Study is like...

Study is like the heaven's glorious sun,
That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks;
Small have continuous...

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William Shakespeare: It adds a...

William Shakespeare: It adds a...

It adds a precious seeing to the eye;
A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind;
A lover's ear will hear the...

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William Shakespeare: I earn that...

William Shakespeare: I earn that...

I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happiness, glad of other men's good, content with...

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William Shakespeare: He took the...

William Shakespeare: He took the...

He took the bride about the neck
And kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack
That at the parting all the...

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William Shakespeare: He that is...

William Shakespeare: He that is...

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

Source: The Widow, in The Taming of...

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William Shakespeare: How camest thou...

William Shakespeare: How camest thou...

How camest thou in this pickle?

Source: The Tempest, V. i. (281).
-- William...

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William Shakespeare: My library<br>Was dukedom...

William Shakespeare: My library
Was dukedom...

My library
Was dukedom large enough.


Source: The Tempest, I. ii. (109).
--...

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William Shakespeare: He that loves...

William Shakespeare: He that loves...

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

Source: Timon of Athens,...

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