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Oscar Wilde: There is no...

Oscar Wilde: There is no...

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.

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Oscar Wilde: For he who...

Oscar Wilde: For he who...

For he who lives more lives than one: More deaths than one must die.

Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is the...

Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is the...

Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.

Source: 'An...

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Oscar Wilde: Mr. Whistler always...

Oscar Wilde: Mr. Whistler always...

Mr. Whistler always spelt art, and we believe still spells it, with a capital I.

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Oscar Wilde: Sympathy with joy...

Oscar Wilde: Sympathy with joy...

Sympathy with joy intensifies the sum of sympathy in the world, sympathy with pain does not really diminish the amount...

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Oscar Wilde: A sentimentalist, my...

Oscar Wilde: A sentimentalist, my...

A sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market...

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Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

To many, no doubt, he will seem to be somewhat blatant and bumptious, but we prefer to regard him as being simply...

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Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good...

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Oscar Wilde: The man who...

Oscar Wilde: The man who...

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: I seem to...

Oscar Wilde: I seem to...

I seem to have heard that observation before. . . . It has all the vitality of error and all the tediousness of an old...

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Oscar Wilde: Caricature is the...

Oscar Wilde: Caricature is the...

Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: I sometimes think...

Oscar Wilde: I sometimes think...

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

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William Shakespeare: Much is the...

William Shakespeare: Much is the...

Much is the force of heaven-bred poesy.

Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, III....

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William Shakespeare: Those girls of...

William Shakespeare: Those girls of...

Those girls of Italy, take heed of them. They say our French lack language to deny If they...

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William Shakespeare: Thou art an...

William Shakespeare: Thou art an...

Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine,
Whose weakness, married to thy stronger state,
Makes me with thy strength...

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William Shakespeare: Few love to...

William Shakespeare: Few love to...

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Source: Pericles, I. i. (92).
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William Shakespeare: And so to...

William Shakespeare: And so to...

And so to publish Tarquin's foul offence:
Which being done with speedy diligence,
The Romans plausibly did give...

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George Farquhar: Charming women can...

George Farquhar: Charming women can...

Charming women can true converts make,
We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.


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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.

Source:...

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George Bernard Shaw: Orchestras only need...

George Bernard Shaw: Orchestras only need...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity,...

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