Oscar Wilde Quotes, Glasses Quotes, Optimism Quotes

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

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I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

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Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

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He is some brainless, beautiful creature, who should always be here in winter when we have no flowers to look at, and always here in the summer when we want something to chill our intelligence.

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I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.

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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

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The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

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No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.

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It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings.

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JACK Your duty as a gentleman calls you back. ALGERNON My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree.

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I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

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Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood.

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A gentleman never offends unintentionally

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Far away beyond the pine-woods,' he answered, in a low dreamy voice, 'there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold, crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.

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My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

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When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.

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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

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She has form," he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove - "that cannot be denied to her; but has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact, she is like most artists; she is all style, without any sincerity. She would not sacrifice herself for others. She thinks merely of music, and everybody knows that arts are selfish. Still, it must be admitted that she has some beautiful notes in her voice. What a pity it is that they do not mean anything, or do any practical good.

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You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas

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We women adore failures. They lean on us.

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