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America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. Oscar Wilde
Before Had Columbus Always Been Discovered Up America Often
I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist. Oscar Wilde
Life Love Man Natural Young Every Think Admire Almost Perfectly Intensely Any Artist Young Man Incident
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. Oscar Wilde
Great Great Deal Become House House Of Commons Deal Does Trying Commons Useful Now Harm
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. Oscar Wilde
Life Good World Nothing Kin Makes Effect Modern Modern Life Produces Whole
The spirit of an age may be best expressed in the abstract ideal arts, for the spirit itself is abstract and ideal. Oscar Wilde
Best Age Spirit Abstract Ideal Itself May Arts Expressed
Nothing, indeed, is more dangerous to the young artist than any conception of ideal beauty: he is constantly led by it either into weak prettiness or lifeless abstraction: whereas to touch the ideal at all, you must not strip it of vitality. Oscar Wilde
You Dangerous Beauty Young Nothing Indeed Strip Weak Must Constantly Vitality Touch More Lifeless He Abstraction Ideal Conception Led Than Any Artist Young Artist Whereas Either
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. Oscar Wilde
Myself Say Has-Been Would Never Had Merely Perhaps Been Discovered America After
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged. Oscar Wilde
People Past Way Only Judged Which Should
If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk. Oscar Wilde
Music Good People Good Music Bad Talk Listen Plays
Writing bores me so. Oscar Wilde
Me Writing Bores
The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle. Oscar Wilde
Invent Chronicle Artist Function
Television is democracy at its ugliest. Paddy Chayefsky
Politics Democracy Television Ugliest
God save us from people who do the morally right thing. It's always the rest of us who get broken in half. Paddy Chayefsky
God Broken People Rest Half Right Thing Morally Always Get Us Who Right Thing Save
Intelligence is nothing without delight. Paul Claudel
Intelligence Nothing Delight Without
'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell. Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Lie Hell Pain Fell Greatest Loss Heaven Whence Where Tis
One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. Pedro Calderon de la Barca
War Victory Know How May Gain Use
What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird? Pedro Calderon de la Barca
God Nature Natural Stream Gift Law Bird Beast Sweet Given Fish Deny Reason
He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself. Philip Massinger
First Master Others Would He Himself Govern Should
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. Philip Massinger
Patience Virtue Find Shall Beggar Harbor Here
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. Philip Massinger
Valiant Dares Bears He Calamity Die Boldly
Let us love temperately, things violent last not. Philip Massinger
Love Us Let Us Things Last Violent
Many good purposes lie in the churchyard. Philip Massinger
Good Lie Purposes Many
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life: I shall find one. Philip Massinger
Life Death Doors Out Thousand Find Hath Shall
This dark brightness that falls from the stars. Pierre Corneille
Dark Stars Falls Brightness
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. Pierre Corneille
Few Pleasures Ruling Having Generous Won Disdain After
Happiness seems made to be shared. Pierre Corneille
Happiness Made Seems Shared
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