We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.

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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in...

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A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

—George Bernard Shaw

He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.

—Brendan Behan

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

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England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

—George Bernard Shaw

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The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.

—Raymond Chandler

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