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Oscar Wilde: When one is...

Oscar Wilde: When one is...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what...

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Oscar Wilde: Every woman is...

Oscar Wilde: Every woman is...

Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: Children begin by...

Oscar Wilde: Children begin by...

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive...

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Oscar Wilde: Musical people are...

Oscar Wilde: Musical people are...

Musical people are so absurdly unreasonable. They always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is...

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Oscar Wilde: One can always...

Oscar Wilde: One can always...

One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.

Source: Lord Henry,...

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Oscar Wilde: I love London...

Oscar Wilde: I love London...

I love London society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and...

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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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George Bernard Shaw: Democracy is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Democracy is a...

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

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George Bernard Shaw: Better keep yourself...

George Bernard Shaw: Better keep yourself...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you see the world.

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George Bernard Shaw: If a woman...

George Bernard Shaw: If a woman...

If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart...

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George Bernard Shaw: He who has...

George Bernard Shaw: He who has...

He who has never hoped can never despair.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Bernard Shaw: In Ireland they...

George Bernard Shaw: In Ireland they...

In Ireland they try to make a cat cleanly by rubbing its nose in its own filth. Mr. Joyce has tried the same treatment...

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George Bernard Shaw: Imagination is the...

George Bernard Shaw: Imagination is the...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you...

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George Bernard Shaw: Life is a...

George Bernard Shaw: Life is a...

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives....

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J B Priestley: We plan, we...

J B Priestley: We plan, we...

We plan, we toil, we suffer in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The...

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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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George Bernard Shaw: Life is not...

George Bernard Shaw: Life is not...

Life is not meant to be easy, my son, but take courage: it can be delightful.

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George Bernard Shaw: Taste: a quality...

George Bernard Shaw: Taste: a quality...

Taste: a quality possessed by persons without originality or moral courage.

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George Bernard Shaw: The man who...

George Bernard Shaw: The man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all...

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