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The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.”
“Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery.”
“Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.”
“What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.”
“I hate people who talk about themselves, as you do, when one wants to talk about oneself, as I do. ”
“Death is a great price to pay for a red rose,” cried the Nightingale, “and Life is very dear to all. It is pleasant to sit in the green wood, and to watch the Sun in his chariot of gold, and the Moon in her chariot of pearl. Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill. Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?”
“I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.” “But”
“love is not fashionable any more, the poets have killed it. ”
“but love is not fashionable anymore, the poets have killed it. They wrote so much about it that nobody believed them, and I am not surprised. True love suffers, and is silent. I remember myself once-but no matter now. Romance is a thing of the past.”
“He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.”
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