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Stone Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.
- It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the…
- I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later…
- One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.
- Pleasures may turn a heart to stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrows cannot break it. Hearts live by being wounded.
- The most terrible thing about it is not that it breaks one’s heart—hearts are made to be broken—but that it turns one’s heart to stone.
- Requiescat Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust,…
More Stone Quotes
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. — Francis Bacon
- Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and… — Ansel Adams
- I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone. — Tyra Banks
- Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not… — P T Barnum
- People don't understand that that's really what it is. They're looking for a magic phone number or something. And to a certain… — Todd Barry
- Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher
- I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's… — Halle Berry
- Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis. — Nuno Bettencourt
- On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in… — Nellie Bly
- Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone. — Jorge Luis Borges
- I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on. — David Bowie