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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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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde

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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesnt. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. – Oscar Wilde

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The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist. – Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter Scott, in London and Westminster Review, 12 November

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Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. – Bern Williams

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Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. – Mark Twain

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Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. РMontesquieu, Vari̬t̬s

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