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William Wordsworth: Type of the...

William Wordsworth: Type of the...

Type of the wise who soar, but never roam;
True to the kindred points of heaven and...

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William Wordsworth: The cottage which...

William Wordsworth: The cottage which...

The cottage which was named the Evening Star
Is gone.


Source: Michael, 476
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Oscar Wilde: Misfortunes one can...

Oscar Wilde: Misfortunes one can...

Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah!...

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Oscar Wilde: Beauty is a...

Oscar Wilde: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in...

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Oscar Wilde: The salesman knows...

Oscar Wilde: The salesman knows...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for...

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Oscar Wilde: There is something...

Oscar Wilde: There is something...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the...

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Oscar Wilde: Good resolutions are...

Oscar Wilde: Good resolutions are...

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

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Oscar Wilde: Must we really...

Oscar Wilde: Must we really...

Must we really see Chicago in order to be educated?

Source: Mr. Erskine, in The...

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Oscar Wilde: In the old...

Oscar Wilde: In the old...

In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a...

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Oscar Wilde: Personality must be...

Oscar Wilde: Personality must be...

Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not...

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Oscar Wilde: Down the long...

Oscar Wilde: Down the long...

Down the long and silent street,
The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet,
Crept like a frightened...

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Oscar Wilde: It is a...

Oscar Wilde: It is a...

It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the...

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Oscar Wilde: Most of our...

Oscar Wilde: Most of our...

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what...

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George Bernard Shaw: The longer I...

George Bernard Shaw: The longer I...

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly...

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George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

George Bernard Shaw: This comes of...

This comes of James teaching me to think for myself, and never to hold back out of fear of what other people may think...

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George Bernard Shaw: General consultant to...

George Bernard Shaw: General consultant to...

General consultant to mankind.

Source: Self-description, recalled on his death 2...

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George Bernard Shaw: I'm only a...

George Bernard Shaw: I'm only a...

I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller.

Source: Proserpine, in...

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George Bernard Shaw: Religion is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Religion is a...

Religion is a great force -- the only real motive force in the world; but you must get at a man through his own...

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Oscar Wilde: Each man kills...

Oscar Wilde: Each man kills...

Each man kills the thing he loves.

Source: 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' [For...

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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and...

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