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Small: As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied
Oscar Wilde
"As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known
Oscar Wilde
"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing
Oscar Wilde
"Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much
Oscar Wilde
"Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: All art is quite useless
Oscar Wilde
"All art is quite useless"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Alas, I am dying beyond my means
Oscar Wilde
"Alas, I am dying beyond my means"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it
Oscar Wilde
"A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A poet can survive everything but a misprint
Oscar Wilde
"A poet can survive everything but a misprint"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A man who does not think for himself does not think at all
Oscar Wilde
"A man who does not think for himself does not think at all"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A man cant be too careful in the choice of his enemies
Oscar Wilde
"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her
Oscar Wilde
"A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal
Oscar Wilde
"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before th
Oscar Wilde
"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
George Bernard Shaw
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect
George Bernard Shaw
"No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your hearts desire. The other is to gain it
George Bernard Shaw
"There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it
George Bernard Shaw
"The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence
George Bernard Shaw
"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire
George Bernard Shaw
"Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didnt really hurt
George Bernard Shaw
"Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same
George Bernard Shaw
"The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your hearts desire the other is to get it
George Bernard Shaw
"Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination
George Bernard Shaw
"Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo
George Bernard Shaw
"Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pis
George Bernard Shaw
"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liq
George Bernard Shaw
"We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic
George Bernard Shaw
"The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done
George Bernard Shaw
"Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history
George Bernard Shaw
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career
George Bernard Shaw
"He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same
George Bernard Shaw
"Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children
George Bernard Shaw
"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you wi
George Bernard Shaw
"You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses
George Bernard Shaw
"There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech
George Bernard Shaw
"She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Its so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right
George Bernard Shaw
"It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity
George Bernard Shaw
"First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me
George Bernard Shaw
"The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn
George Bernard Shaw
"Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Power does not corrupt men fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power
George Bernard Shaw
"Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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