Oscar Wilde Quotes, Wise Quotes, Bird Quotes

The birds did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

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If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times

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A burnt child loves the fire.

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I had buried my romance in a bed of asphodel.

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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

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What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

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Something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was hope

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It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.

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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

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Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.

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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

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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

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Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.

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The last person who ever crossed me is dead under my bed!!!

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The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

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A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.

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In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the weak. That was all.

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Children have a natural antipathy to books- handicraft should be the basis of education. Boys and girls should be taught to use their hands to make something, and they would be less apt to destroy and be mischievous.

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I asked the question for the best reason possible, for the only reason, indeed, that excuses anyone for asking any question - simple curiosity.

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