It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat.
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Lord Darlington (LD) I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW) If we had hard-and-fast rules' we would find life much simpler. LD You allow of no exceptions LW None LD Ah, what a fascinating Puritan you are, LW. LW The adjective was unnecessary, LD.Oscar Wilde
Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them.
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The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
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No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
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In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.
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An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
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