Quotes 461 till 480 of 655.
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The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
The Critic as Artist (1891) -
The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.
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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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The other puppeteers are really good, often when they are singing together, they go left, right, left... But if they are all moving to the left, I'm moving to the right. Big Bird and Oscar, that's okay, because they are individuals anyway.
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The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.
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The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.
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The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime -
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
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The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.
The picture of Dorian Gray (1891) -
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.
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The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
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The silver medals I won in Salt Lake City didn't give me anything. Last year I set myself the goal of winning the World Cup and lining up a long series of wins. It was my private challenge.
Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1] -
The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslapping, and many other ways of winning friends.
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