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George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar.

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
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Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
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To be entirely free, and at the same time entirely dominated by law, is the eternal paradox of human life.
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However, I think anything is better than high intellectual pressure. That is the most unbecoming thing there is. It makes the noses of the young girls so particularly large.
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Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
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In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.
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Cleverness becomes a public nuisance.
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I am afraid that you have been listening to the conversation of someone older than yourself. That is always a dangerous thing to do, and if you allow it to degenerate into a habit, you will find it absolutely fatal to any intellectual development.
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The only proper intoxication is conversation.
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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
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Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.'
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It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
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The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.
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Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.
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To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
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Who is that man over there? I don't know him. What is he doing? Is he a conspirator? Have you searched him? Give him till tomorrow to confess, then hang him! -- hang him!
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If God really wanted to punish, he'd answer all our prayers.
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The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1.322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26.911 words. The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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