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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the...

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Oscar Wilde: A kiss may...

Oscar Wilde: A kiss may...

A kiss may ruin a human life.

Source: Mrs. Arbuthnot, in A Woman of No Importance,...

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Oscar Wilde: A truth ceases...

Oscar Wilde: A truth ceases...

A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.

Source: Phrases...

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Oscar Wilde: Tread lightly, she...

Oscar Wilde: Tread lightly, she...

Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Source: Referring...

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Oscar Wilde: Yet each man...

Oscar Wilde: Yet each man...

Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a...

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Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

All Art is quite useless.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Preface
-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

Source: Vivian, in The Decay...

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Oscar Wilde: Nobody of any...

Oscar Wilde: Nobody of any...

Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old...

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George Bernard Shaw: My father must...

George Bernard Shaw: My father must...

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts...

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George Bernard Shaw: Optimistic lies have...

George Bernard Shaw: Optimistic lies have...

Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his...

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George Bernard Shaw: People exaggerate the...

George Bernard Shaw: People exaggerate the...

People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have...

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George Bernard Shaw: Progress is impossible...

George Bernard Shaw: Progress is impossible...

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change...

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George Bernard Shaw: The liar's punishment...

George Bernard Shaw: The liar's punishment...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone...

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George Bernard Shaw: There are two...

George Bernard Shaw: There are two...

There are two classes in good society in England. The equestrian classes and the neurotic...

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George Bernard Shaw: The test of...

George Bernard Shaw: The test of...

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

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George Bernard Shaw: The savage bows...

George Bernard Shaw: The savage bows...

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and...

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George Bernard Shaw: The only way...

George Bernard Shaw: The only way...

The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good...

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George Bernard Shaw: The universal regard...

George Bernard Shaw: The universal regard...

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilisation. Money is the most important thing in the...

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George Bernard Shaw: You must not...

George Bernard Shaw: You must not...

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest...

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