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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by...

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Oscar Wilde: The commonest thing...

Oscar Wilde: The commonest thing...

The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Some cause happiness...

Oscar Wilde: Some cause happiness...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: To become the...

Oscar Wilde: To become the...

To become the spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

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Oscar Wilde: Flowers are as...

Oscar Wilde: Flowers are as...

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: An acquaintance that...

Oscar Wilde: An acquaintance that...

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

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Oscar Wilde: I always pass...

Oscar Wilde: I always pass...

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to...

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Oscar Wilde: A man can...

Oscar Wilde: A man can...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: No publisher should...

Oscar Wilde: No publisher should...

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the...

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Oscar Wilde: The tragedy of...

Oscar Wilde: The tragedy of...

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

Source: Lord...

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Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Thornton Wilder: Life is an...

Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Thornton Wilder: A living is...

Thornton Wilder: A living is...

A living is made, Mr. Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year. Yes, sir! And a million...

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William Wordsworth: Not choice<br>But habit...

William Wordsworth: Not choice
But habit...

Not choice
But habit rules the unreflective herd.


Source: Grant That by This...

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Emily Dickinson: Finite to fail,...

Emily Dickinson: Finite to fail,...

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Ogden Nash: The cow is...

Ogden Nash: The cow is...

The cow is of the bovine ilk;
One end is moo, the other, milk.


Source: The...

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Ogden Nash: One man's remorse...

Ogden Nash: One man's remorse...

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.

Source: A Clean Conscience Never...

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Ogden Nash: They take the...

Ogden Nash: They take the...

They take the paper and they read the headlines.. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines....

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Ogden Nash: Here is a...

Ogden Nash: Here is a...

Here is a pen and here is a pencil,
Here's a typewriter, here's a stencil,
Here is a list of today's...

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Ogden Nash: Your hair may...

Ogden Nash: Your hair may...

Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's
untidy,
You've had about seven hours' sleep since Friday,
No...

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Robert Frost: Ah, when to...

Robert Frost: Ah, when to...

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things
To yield with a...

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