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Stanislaw Lec: Open sesame-I want...

Stanislaw Lec: Open sesame-I want...

Open sesame-I want to get out.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and Quotes by Evan Esar,...

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Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

Stanislaw Lec: When you jump...

When you jump for joy, beware that someone moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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William Shakespeare: Oh! how bitter...

William Shakespeare: Oh! how bitter...

Oh! how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.

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Brendan Behan: All publicity is...

Brendan Behan: All publicity is...

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Source: In Sunday Express...

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George Bernard Shaw: A nap, my...

George Bernard Shaw: A nap, my...

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavour to entertain...

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George Bernard Shaw: All the sweetness...

George Bernard Shaw: All the sweetness...

All the sweetness of religion is conveyed to the world by the hands of story-tellers and image-makers. Without their...

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George Bernard Shaw: I've been offered...

George Bernard Shaw: I've been offered...

I've been offered titles, but I think they get one into disreputable company.

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James Matthew Barrie: Every man who...

James Matthew Barrie: Every man who...

Every man who is high up likes to think he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. It's...

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James Matthew Barrie: Always try to...

James Matthew Barrie: Always try to...

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

Source: In Readers'...

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James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

James Matthew Barrie: That is ever...

That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.

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Antonin Artaud: So long as...

Antonin Artaud: So long as...

So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to...

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Charlotte Bronte: Fortune is proverbially...

Charlotte Bronte: Fortune is proverbially...

Fortune is proverbially called changeful, yet her caprice often takes the form of repeating again and again a similar...

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J B Priestley: A novelist who...

J B Priestley: A novelist who...

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say...

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Oscar Wilde: No work of...

Oscar Wilde: No work of...

No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.

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Oscar Wilde: Keep love in...

Oscar Wilde: Keep love in...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are...

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Oscar Wilde: Men of thought...

Oscar Wilde: Men of thought...

Men of thought should have nothing to do with action.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Most people are...

Oscar Wilde: Most people are...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a...

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Oscar Wilde: A subject that...

Oscar Wilde: A subject that...

A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks...

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Oscar Wilde: To get back...

Oscar Wilde: To get back...

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early or be...

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Oscar Wilde: Self-denial is the...

Oscar Wilde: Self-denial is the...

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

Source: In...

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