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Small: Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative
Oscar Wilde
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune to lose both looks like carelessness
Oscar Wilde
"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us
Oscar Wilde
"Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last
Oscar Wilde
"This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: I can resist everything except temptation
Oscar Wilde
"I can resist everything except temptation"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth
Oscar Wilde
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written
Oscar Wilde
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: There is always something infinitely mean about other peoples tragedies
Oscar Wilde
"There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us
Oscar Wilde
"There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates
Oscar Wilde
"The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit
Oscar Wilde
"Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Ordinary riches can be stolen real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be t
Oscar Wilde
"Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: It is always the unreadable that occurs
Oscar Wilde
"It is always the unreadable that occurs"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all
Oscar Wilde
"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tra
Oscar Wilde
"I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train
Oscar Wilde
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Everything popular is wrong
Oscar Wilde
"Everything popular is wrong"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Biography lends to death a new terror
Oscar Wilde
"Biography lends to death a new terror"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there
Oscar Wilde
"Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling
Oscar Wilde
"All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament
Oscar Wilde
"A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: A mans face is his autobiography. A womans face is her work of fiction
Oscar Wilde
"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: Its easier to replace a dead man than a good picture
George Bernard Shaw
"It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the cor
George Bernard Shaw
"Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Hell is full of musical amateurs
George Bernard Shaw
"Hell is full of musical amateurs"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech
George Bernard Shaw
"The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course
George Bernard Shaw
"Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier
George Bernard Shaw
"The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Syllables govern the world
George Bernard Shaw
"Syllables govern the world"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the
George Bernard Shaw
"Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else
George Bernard Shaw
"Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Independence? Thats middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth
George Bernard Shaw
"Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
George Bernard Shaw
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while
George Bernard Shaw
"I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid
George Bernard Shaw
"Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: Assassination is the extreme form of censorship
George Bernard Shaw
"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul
George Bernard Shaw
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out
George Bernard Shaw
"A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: All great truths begin as blasphemies
George Bernard Shaw
"All great truths begin as blasphemies"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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Small: A man never tells you anything until you contradict him
George Bernard Shaw
"A man never tells you anything until you contradict him"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
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