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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So careful of...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: So careful of...

So careful of the type she seems,
So careless of the single life.


Source: In...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Surely, surely, slumber...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Surely, surely, slumber...

Surely, surely, slumber is more sweet than toil, the shore
Than labour in the deep mid-ocean, wind and wave and...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There is no...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: There is no...

There is no joy but calm!

Source: The Lotos-Eaters, `Choric Song', 2
-- Alfred,...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Trust that those...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Trust that those...

Trust that those we call the dead
Are breathers of an ampler day.


Source: In...

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William Shakespeare: I am not...

William Shakespeare: I am not...

I am not worthy of the wealth I owe, Nor dare I say 'tis mine, and yet it is; But, like a timorous thief, most fain...

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Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, the world...

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Oscar Wilde: Real beauty ends...

Oscar Wilde: Real beauty ends...

Real beauty ends where an intellectual expression begins.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Rich bachelors should...

Oscar Wilde: Rich bachelors should...

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than...

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Oscar Wilde: One's past is...

Oscar Wilde: One's past is...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

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Oscar Wilde: Ignorance is like...

Oscar Wilde: Ignorance is like...

Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.

Source: Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: Fathers should be...

Oscar Wilde: Fathers should be...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

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Oscar Wilde: People who love...

Oscar Wilde: People who love...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I...

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Oscar Wilde: As long as...

Oscar Wilde: As long as...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly...

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Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are...

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Oscar Wilde: By persistently remaining...

Oscar Wilde: By persistently remaining...

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more...

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Oscar Wilde: Only dull people...

Oscar Wilde: Only dull people...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An Ideal...

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Oscar Wilde: I delight in...

Oscar Wilde: I delight in...

I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.

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Oscar Wilde: He must have...

Oscar Wilde: He must have...

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep...

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Oscar Wilde: His style is...

Oscar Wilde: His style is...

His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except...

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Oscar Wilde: Through our sunless...

Oscar Wilde: Through our sunless...

Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her....

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