Quotes 521 till 540 of 548.
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Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.
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Yes; the public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard.
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1897) -
You know what a woman's curiosity is. Almost as great as a man's!
An Ideal Husband (1895) -
You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?
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You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done.
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Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.
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There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
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