Quotes 21 till 40 of 655.
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Lord Illingworth: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. Mrs. Allonby: No man does. That is his.
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Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
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A gentleman never insults anyone unintentionally.
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A gentleman never looks out of the window.
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A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes.
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All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
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Anyone looking for a beautiful woman, good and intelligent, do not try one but three.
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Art, like Nature, has her monsters, things of bestial shape and with hideous voices.
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As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.
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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have it's fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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Between the famous and the infamous there is but one step.
De Profundis -
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
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Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.
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Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
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Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.
Wings of Fire -
I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
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If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.
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