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Act Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all…
- Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.
- Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
- People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.
- It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of…
- Well, I can’t help going to see Sibyl play, even if it is only for an act. I get hungry for her presence; and when…
- The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
- People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them…
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- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material… — Julian Assange
- Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden