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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A happy bridesmaid...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A happy bridesmaid...

A happy bridesmaid makes a happy bride.

Source: The Bridesmaid
-- Alfred, Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

Oscar Wilde: The basis of...

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to...

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Oscar Wilde: I love talking...

Oscar Wilde: I love talking...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: The best way...

Oscar Wilde: The best way...

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

Source:
-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Better the rule of One, whom all obey,
Than to let clamorous demagogues betray
Our freedom with the kiss of...

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Oscar Wilde: America had often...

Oscar Wilde: America had often...

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

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Oscar Wilde: Political life at...

Oscar Wilde: Political life at...

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: There is something...

Oscar Wilde: There is something...

There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start...

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Oscar Wilde: As for the...

Oscar Wilde: As for the...

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire...

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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: There is only...

Oscar Wilde: There is only...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor...

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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: If they have...

Oscar Wilde: If they have...

If they have not opened the eyes of the blind, they have at least given great encouragement to the short-sighted, and...

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Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: He knew the...

Oscar Wilde: He knew the...

He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.

Source: In The...

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Eugene Ionesco: It isn't what...

Eugene Ionesco: It isn't what...

It isn't what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think.

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William Wordsworth: No motion has...

William Wordsworth: No motion has...

No motion has she now, no force;
She neither hears nor sees;
Rolled around in earth's diurnal course,
With...

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William Wordsworth: Stepping westward seemed...

William Wordsworth: Stepping westward seemed...

Stepping westward seemed to be
A kind of heavenly destiny.


Source: Stepping...

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