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Quote by Oscar Wilde
The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin. – Oscar Wilde

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A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position. – Oscar Wilde

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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means. – Oscar Wilde

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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. – Oscar Wilde

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Purity of heart is to will one thing. – Soren Kierkegaard

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As pure water poured into pure water becomes the very same, so does the Self of the illumined man or woman verily become one with the Godhead. – Katha Upanishad

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