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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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William Shakespeare: There be many...

William Shakespeare: There be many...

There be many Caesars
Ere such another Julius. Britain is
A world by itself, and we will nothing pay
For...

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William Shakespeare: Nothing can seem...

William Shakespeare: Nothing can seem...

Nothing can seem foul to those who win.

Source: King Henry, in King Henry IV, pt....

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William Shakespeare: For so work...

William Shakespeare: For so work...

For so work the honey-bees,
Creatures that by a rule in nature teach
The act of order to a peopled...

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William Shakespeare: Some come to...

William Shakespeare: Some come to...

Some come to take their ease
And sleep an act or two.


Source: Henry VIII,...

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William Shakespeare: From women's eyes...

William Shakespeare: From women's eyes...

From women's eyes this doctrine I derive:
They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;
They are the books, the...

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William Shakespeare: Reputation, reputation, reputation!...

William Shakespeare: Reputation, reputation, reputation!...

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O! I have lost my reputation, I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what...

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William Shakespeare: But, soft! what...

William Shakespeare: But, soft! what...

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the...

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William Shakespeare: Fie, fie! unknit...

William Shakespeare: Fie, fie! unknit...

Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow,
And dart not scornful glances from those eyes,
To wound thy lord,...

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William Shakespeare: Though I am...

William Shakespeare: Though I am...

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Source: Autolycus,...

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