We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, and wit whose works - 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' and 'De Profundis' - made him the most celebrated figure of the Aesthetic Movement. His trial and imprisonment for homosexuality transformed him from society's darling into a martyr for individual freedom.
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The die is cast.
-- Julius Caesar
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-- Oscar Wilde
Imagination rules the world.
-- Napoleon
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
-- Charles Dickens
Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands.
-- Leonidas I
If you think you can hit my pitch, go ahead and try.
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