"Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.
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“Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.”
“It is not easy to make our lives respectable by any course of activity. We must repeatedly withdraw into our shells of thought, like the tortoise, somewhat helplessly; yet there is more than philosophy in that.”
“Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life.”
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“It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in your teaching.”
“Life is unnecessarily long. Moments of insight, of fine personal relation, a smile, a glance,--what ample borrowers of eternity they are!”
“With my cheek leant upon the window pane I like to fancy that I am pressing as closely as can be upon the massy wall of time, which is forever lifting and pulling and letting fresh spaces of life in upon us. May it be mine to taste the moment before it has spread itself over the rest of the world! Let me taste the newest and the freshest.”