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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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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. – Oscar Wilde

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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. – Oscar Wilde

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The stars, which stand as thick as dewdrops on the fields of heaven. – Philip James Bailey

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The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Those playful fancies of the mighty sky. – Albert Smith (clouds)

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The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead station. – William Gibson

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