Quote by Oscar Wilde
Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of n

Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. – Oscar Wilde

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Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on. – Oscar Wilde

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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde

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I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men. – Bernard M. Baruch

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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. – George Santayana

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To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. – Buddha

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Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer. – Elbert Hubbard

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Youve got to have dreams to keep you going. – Steve Waugh

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Ive been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really dont have much interest in you. Im still married, still working, still happy. – Matt Damon

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He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly. – B. C. Forbes

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The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I dont set out to say anything very important. – Brian Eno

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