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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

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
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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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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. – Ojibwe Proverb

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…And great cloud-continents of sunset-seas. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, “Miracles”

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To fly up to the sky and watch the earth is beautiful; to fly down to the earth and watch the sky is even more beautiful! – Mehmet Murat ildan

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