Quote by Oscar Wilde
I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that lit

I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky. – Oscar Wilde

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A mans face is his autobiography. A womans face is her work of fiction. – Oscar Wilde

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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. – Oscar Wilde

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The clouds, — the only birds that never sleep. – Victor Hugo

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They are fair resting-places for the dear weary dead on their way up to heaven. – Joaquin Miller (clouds)

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In the afternoon I watch the clouds drift past the bald peak of Mount Tukuhnikivats. (Someone has to do it.) – Edward Abbey

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The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current. – Willa Sibert Cather

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