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Oscar Wilde: There is nothing...

Oscar Wilde: There is nothing...

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

Source: Lady Markby, in An...

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Oscar Wilde: Discontent is the...

Oscar Wilde: Discontent is the...

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: His work was...

Oscar Wilde: His work was...

His work was that curious mixture of bad painting and good intentions that always entitles a man to be called a...

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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: The fact is,...

Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

The fact is, you have fallen lately, Cecily, into a bad habit of thinking for yourself. You should give it up. It is...

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Oscar Wilde: One can survive...

Oscar Wilde: One can survive...

One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good...

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Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the...

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James Matthew Barrie: Dreams do come...

James Matthew Barrie: Dreams do come...

Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else...

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James Matthew Barrie: When the first...

James Matthew Barrie: When the first...

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping...

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Christopher Fry: I travel light;...

Christopher Fry: I travel light;...

I travel light; as light,
That is, as a man can travel who will
Still carry his body around because
Of its...

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William Wordsworth: Golf is a...

William Wordsworth: Golf is a...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Source: In The Golfer's Book...

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William Wordsworth: More like a...

William Wordsworth: More like a...

More like a man
Flying from something that he dreads than one
Who sought the thing he...

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William Wordsworth: With gentle hand<br>Touch...

William Wordsworth: With gentle hand
Touch...

With gentle hand
Touch - for there is a spirit in the woods.


Source:...

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William Wordsworth: There is a...

William Wordsworth: There is a...

There is a comfort in the strength of love;
'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain,...

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William Wordsworth: O joy! that...

William Wordsworth: O joy! that...

O joy! that in our embers
Is something that doth live,
That nature yet remembers
What was so fugitive!
The...

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William Wordsworth: She dwelt among...

William Wordsworth: She dwelt among...

She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A maid whom there were none to praise
And very...

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William Wordsworth: The silence that...

William Wordsworth: The silence that...

The silence that is in the starry sky,
The sleep that is among the lonely hills.


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William Wordsworth: Milton! thou shouldst...

William Wordsworth: Milton! thou shouldst...

Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee; she is a fen
Of stagnant waters: altar,...

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William Wordsworth: There was a...

William Wordsworth: There was a...

There was a boy: ye knew him well, ye cliffs
And islands of Winander!


Source:...

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William Wordsworth: A man of...

William Wordsworth: A man of...

A man of hope and forward-looking mind
Even to the last!


Source: The Excursion,...

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