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Oscar Wilde
Though one can...
Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.
Source: The American...
The only way...
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Source: The Picture of...
America had often...
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
Ambition is the...
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Source: Phrases and Philosophies for...
One should not...
One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually...
Political life at...
Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.
Source:...
He was always...
He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of...
One should either...
One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
Source: Phrases and...
Dullness is the...
Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.
Source: Phrases and Philosophies for...
Absolute catholicity of...
Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of...
I never saw...
I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the...
As for begging,...
As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.
There is something...
There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start...
Religions die when...
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
The true critic...
The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no...
For he who...
For he who lives more lives than one: More deaths than one must die.
Source: The...
Despotism is unjust...
Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better...
Wickedness is a...
Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of...
Time is waste...
Time is waste of money.
Source: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young,...
For his mourners...
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.
Source: The...