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Born Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.
- Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.
- In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in…
- Genius is born-not paid
- The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a…
- Why was I born with such contemporaries?
- A beautiful woman risking everything for a mad passion. A few wild weeks of happiness cut short by a hideous, treacherous crime. Months of voiceless…
- I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live…
- To be born, or at any rate bred, in a hand-bag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for…
- I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is…
- LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and…
- I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live…
- Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life.…
- The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is…
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