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Quote by Oscar Wilde
No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they wa

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true. – Oscar Wilde

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The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful. – Oscar Wilde

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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. – Oscar Wilde

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There is luxury in self-reproach…. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us. – Oscar Wilde

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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. – Indira Gandhi

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I will soon be going out to shape all the singing tomorrows. – Gabriel Peri

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There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. – Patrick Henry Pearse

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We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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To me faith means not worrying. – John Dewey

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Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you dont want to do anything. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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