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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. George Bernard Shaw
Art Reality World Would Unbearable Make Without
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. George Bernard Shaw
Myself Conversation Communication Adds Spice Often Quote
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. James Joyce
Best Thoughts Men Actions
May you live all the days of your life. Jonathan Swift
Life You Live Anniversary Days May Your
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. Oscar Wilde
Art World Individualism Most Known Mode Intense
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. Edmund Burke
Dangerous Power More Abuse Greater
Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. Oscar Wilde
Success You Science Result Conditions Get Success Is
Everything popular is wrong. Oscar Wilde
Everything Wrong Popular
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Oscar Wilde
Forgiveness Time Judge Parents Rarely Begin Forgive Children After Loving Them Ever
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. William Butler Yeats
Friendship You Met Strangers Only Friends Here
Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in. C. S. Lewis
Loneliness You Yourself Christ Will Hatred Long Rage Despair Else Ruin Everything Everything Else Run Find Only Thrown Long Run Look Him Decay
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde
Dreams World Rest Before Way Punishment Moonlight Find Dreamer Only Sees Dawn He His His Way Who
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. Oscar Wilde
Saying Sometimes Word Clever Single Understand Am Single Word
Be kind, don't judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation. Jasmine Guinness
Respect Generation Judge World Be Kind Better Others Respect For Others Kind Would Would-Be Point Better Place Place Next Next Generation Teach
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. C. S. Lewis
You Man Progress Progressive Back Right Road Case Road Wrong Most Doing Walking Want Means Turns Who Right
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde
Future Past Every Only Only Difference Between Saint Sinner Difference
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. C. S. Lewis
Courage Every Virtue Virtues Point Simply Testing Form
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. C. S. Lewis
Success Failure Achievement Finger Posts Road Toward Fails Failures Repeated Forward
Youth is wasted on the young. George Bernard Shaw
Youth Young Wasted
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. C. S. Lewis
Friendship Art Survival Value Philosophy Those Unnecessary Give Rather Like Things
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.' C. S. Lewis
God People Will Way Say Those Says Kinds Thy Done Then Your Who Whom Right Two
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. George Bernard Shaw
Success Time Mistakes Making Mistakes Consist Never Does Making Same Second
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Oscar Wilde
Life Seriously Important Too About Talk Far Ever Thing
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. C. S. Lewis
Myself Experience World Made Find No Experience Most Another Probable Which Explanation Satisfy Desire
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. C. S. Lewis
Me You Book Long Big Tea Enough Big Enough Cup Get Suit
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. William Butler Yeats
Joy Sense Abide Temporary Through Had He Periods Him Saint Patrick's Day Tragedy Irish Being Sustained Which
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