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George Bernard Shaw: The savage bows...

George Bernard Shaw: The savage bows...

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and...

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George Bernard Shaw: The only way...

George Bernard Shaw: The only way...

The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good...

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William Shakespeare: I have no...

William Shakespeare: I have no...

I have no other but a woman's reason:
I think him so, because I think him so.


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William Shakespeare: Smooth runs the...

William Shakespeare: Smooth runs the...

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Source: Henry VI, Pt II, III. i....

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William Shakespeare: If one good...

William Shakespeare: If one good...

If one good deed in all my life I did,
I do repent it from my very soul.


Source:...

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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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Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

Oscar Wilde: In all pointed...

In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

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Oscar Wilde: If there was...

Oscar Wilde: If there was...

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

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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: Religions die when...

Oscar Wilde: Religions die when...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

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Oscar Wilde: Man is made...

Oscar Wilde: Man is made...

Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

Source: The Soul of Man...

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Oscar Wilde: Sympathy with joy...

Oscar Wilde: Sympathy with joy...

Sympathy with joy intensifies the sum of sympathy in the world, sympathy with pain does not really diminish the amount...

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Oscar Wilde: If property had...

Oscar Wilde: If property had...

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we...

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Oscar Wilde: MRS ALLONBY. They...

Oscar Wilde: MRS ALLONBY. They...

MRS ALLONBY. They say, Lady Hunstanton, that when good Americans die they go to Paris.
LADY HUNSTANTON. Indeed? And...

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Oscar Wilde: LORD ILLINGWORTH. The...

Oscar Wilde: LORD ILLINGWORTH. The...

LORD ILLINGWORTH. The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden.
MRS ALLONBY. It ends with...

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Oscar Wilde: Conversation should touch...

Oscar Wilde: Conversation should touch...

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

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Oscar Wilde: It is well...

Oscar Wilde: It is well...

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his...

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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: Anybody can make...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can make...

Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.

Source: Gilbert, in The...

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William Shakespeare: He hath a...

William Shakespeare: He hath a...

He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue...

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