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I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me

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Its a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes

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Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.

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I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.

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But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.

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Out of the unreal shadows of night comes back the real life that we had known. We have to resume it where we had left off... p 207

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The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.

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Miss Prism: And you do not seem to realize, dear Doctor, that by persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful; this very celibacy leads weaker vessels astray. Chasuble: But is a man not equally attractive when married? Miss Prism: No married man is ever attractive except to his wife. Chasuble: And often, I've been told, not even to her.

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Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly

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I love the French language... it's a delightful language, especially to curse with. It's like whopping your ass with silk.

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Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery.

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The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.

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Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

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Well, I can’t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when I think of the wonderful soul that is hidden away in that little ivory body, I am filled with awe." "You can dine with me to-night, Dorian, can’t you?" He shook his head. "To night she is Imogen," he answered, "and tomorrow night she will be Juliet." "When is she Sibyl Vane?" "Never." "I congratulate you.

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Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.

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Liberty is the chosen resort of the artistic shopper.

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Love is not fashionable anymore; the poets have killed it.

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I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.

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Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.

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He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

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