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It pays in England to be a revolutionary and a bible-smacker most of one's life, and then come round.
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Wilde is the greatest force for evil that has appeared in Europe during the last 350 years.
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Of all sweet passions Shame is the loveliest.
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I am the Love that dare not speak its name.
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It is heresy to say that we shall ever again produce a poet of Shakespeare's stature, but we have faith that when the spirit of man comes really to need another, he will be there.
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When you go to heaven you can be what you like and I intend to be a child.
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.
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I defy anyone who retains the least spark of honour to spit on the real, essential love of one human being for another.