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Quotes by Dramatist
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
88
"Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal."
84
"Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed."
84
"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
83
"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones."
82
"I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five."
81
"Freedom can occur only through education."
77
"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."
75
"O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!"
74
"The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember."
Past,
74
"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting."
73
"I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control."
72
"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."
72
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
72
"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
71
"The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation that away Men are but gilded loam or painted clay."
71
"Mark it, nuncle.Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest,Lend less than thou owest,Ride more than thou goest,Learn more than thou trowest,Set less than thou throwest,Leave thy drink and thy whoreAnd keep in-a-door,And thou shalt have moreThan two tens to a score."
70
"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."
70
"Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater."
70
"One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness."
70
"It is easy to give advice from a port of safety."
69
"If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all."
69
"I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality."
69
"We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it."
Fire,
69
"When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured."
67
"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more."
67
"It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly."
Ugly,
67
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