We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows … - Oscar Wilde

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The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate these annoying animals.

Oscar Wilde

We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects press around us, filling the mind with the throng of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.

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Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

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They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

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