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| The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. | | Truth | |
| The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope. When the Verities become acrobats we can judge them. | | Uncategorized | |
| The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. | | Uncategorized | |
| The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence. | | Uncategorized | |
| The world has been made by fools that men should live in it | | Man; World | |
| The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. | | Uncategorized | |
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| The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable. | | Uncategorized | |
| The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde | | Etiquette | |
| The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts. | | Tyranny | |
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| The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years. | | Uncategorized | |
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| There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor. | | Uncategorized | |
| There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating; people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing. | | Knowledge; People | |
| There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. | | Tragedy | |
| There are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to | | Uncategorized | |
| There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People. | | Uncategorized | |
| There are two ways of disliking poetry; one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope | | Poetry | |
| There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies. | | Uncategorized | |
