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Quotes by Dramatist
"Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed."
96
"Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal."
95
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
95
"High hopes were once formed of democracy, but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."
93
"I cannot choose one hundred best books because I have only written five."
92
"The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones."
88
"Freedom can occur only through education."
87
"The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember."
Past,
85
"O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!"
84
"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question."
84
"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally."
83
"I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control."
83
"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting."
83
"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."
83
"When something is Festering on your memory or in your imagination, laws of silence don't work, it's just like shutting a door and locking it on a house on fire in hope of forgetting that the house is burning. But not facing a fire doesn't put it out. Silence about a thing just magnifies it. It grows and festers in silence, becomes malignant..."
83
"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,
83
"Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear."
82
"Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find."
82
"Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater."
82
"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."
81
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
81
"One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness."
81
"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
79
"It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly."
Ugly,
78
"The University brings out all abilities, including incapability."
78
"If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all."
78
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
77
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