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«In spite of the roaring of the young lions at the Union, and the screaming of the rabbits in the home of the vivisect, in spite of Keble College, and the tramways, and the sporting prints, Oxford still remains the most beautiful thing in England, and nowhere else are life and art so exquisitely blended, so perfectly made one.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
blended, exquisitely, Keble, lions, oxford, prints, roaring, The Sporting, the union, The Young Lions, vivisect
«Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.»
«Pleasure is the only thing to live for. nothing ages like happiness.»
«If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty»
«As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.»
«I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life.»
«It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
annexed, annexes, annexing, artist, invents, known, made use of, the true, unimaginative
«An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Cute friendship
| Keywords:
acquaintance
«I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
decline, engagement, engagements, owing, subsequent
«The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet's dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
brotherhood, Brotherhood Of Man, depressing, humiliating, The Brotherhood
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