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Small: When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against hi
Jonathan Swift
"When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Thats how it is on this bitch of an earth
"That's how it is on this bitch of an earth"
Samuel Beckett, Playwright
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Small: You cant trust politicians. It doesnt matter who makes a political speech. Its all lies - and it applies to an
Bob Geldof
"You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well"
Bob Geldof, Actor
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Small: Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook
"Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook"
Oliver Goldsmith, Poet
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Small: The European Union is the worlds most successful invention for advancing peace
John Bruton
"The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace"
John Bruton, Politician
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Small: Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little
"Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little"
Marguerite Gardiner, Writer
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Small: Be yourself everyone else is already taken
Oscar Wilde
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about
Oscar Wilde
"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Women are made to be loved, not understood
Oscar Wilde
"Women are made to be loved, not understood"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic i
Oscar Wilde
"Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Oscar Wilde
"Why was I born with such contemporaries?"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives
Oscar Wilde
"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious
Oscar Wilde
"Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information
Oscar Wilde
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Hatred is blind, as well as love
Oscar Wilde
"Hatred is blind, as well as love"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all
Oscar Wilde
"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: The liars punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else
George Bernard Shaw
"The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually ac
George Bernard Shaw
"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid
George Bernard Shaw
"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance
George Bernard Shaw
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybodys face but their own
Jonathan Swift
"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Every dog must have his day
Jonathan Swift
"Every dog must have his day"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age
Jonathan Swift
"Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little
Edmund Burke
"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little"
Edmund Burke, Statesman
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Small: Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance
James Joyce
"Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance"
James Joyce, Novelist
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Small: All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions
"All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions"
William Butler Yeats, Poet
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Small: Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, its all in perfect working order
"Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order"
Spike Milligan, Comedian
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Small: Music can change the world because it can change people
Bono
"Music can change the world because it can change people"
Bono, Musician
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Small: If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did i
"If there is any justice in the world, then eighties rock will never again serve to blight humanity as it did in that dark decade!"
Vivian Campbell, Musician
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Small: We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see
George Berkeley
"We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see"
George Berkeley, Philosopher
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Small: To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect
Oscar Wilde
"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowi
Oscar Wilde
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her
Oscar Wilde
"When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose
Oscar Wilde
"There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike
Oscar Wilde
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everythin
Oscar Wilde
"I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly norm
Oscar Wilde
"How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes
Oscar Wilde
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: An excellent man he has no enemies and none of his friends like him
Oscar Wilde
"An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Ambition is the last refuge of the failure
Oscar Wilde
"Ambition is the last refuge of the failure"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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