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Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their...

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Oscar Wilde: Really, if the...

Oscar Wilde: Really, if the...

Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?

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Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there...

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Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Oscar Wilde: Conscience and cowardice...

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Life is too...

Oscar Wilde: Life is too...

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: The final mystery...

Oscar Wilde: The final mystery...

The final mystery is oneself.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Alexander Pope: No one should...

Alexander Pope: No one should...

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than...

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Alexander Pope: Of all the...

Alexander Pope: Of all the...

Of all the causes which conspire to blind
Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind,
What the weak head with...

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Alexander Pope: A heap of...

Alexander Pope: A heap of...

A heap of dust alone remains of thee;
'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!


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Alexander Pope: Damn with faint...

Alexander Pope: Damn with faint...

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And, without sneering, teach the rest to...

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Alexander Pope: She, while her...

Alexander Pope: She, while her...

She, while her lover pants upon her breast,
Can mark the figures on an Indian chest.


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Alexander Pope: Sure of their...

Alexander Pope: Sure of their...

Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.

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Alexander Pope: Some praise at...

Alexander Pope: Some praise at...

Some praise at morning what they blame at night;
But always think the last opinion...

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Alexander Pope: Order is Heaven's...

Alexander Pope: Order is Heaven's...

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confessed,
Some are, and must be, greater than the rest,
More rich, more...

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Alexander Pope: Satire's my weapon,...

Alexander Pope: Satire's my weapon,...

Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.


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Alexander Pope: Shakespeare . ....

Alexander Pope: Shakespeare . ....

Shakespeare . . .
For gain not glory, winged his roving flight,
And grew immortal in his own...

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Alexander Pope: Ten censure wrong,...

Alexander Pope: Ten censure wrong,...

Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Alexander Pope: When man's whole...

Alexander Pope: When man's whole...

When man's whole frame is obvious to a flea.

Source: The Dunciad, IV
--...

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Alexander Pope: Woman's at best...

Alexander Pope: Woman's at best...

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Source: Moral Essays, II
-- Alexander...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A smile abroad...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A smile abroad...

A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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