An entirely new factor has appeared in the social development of the country, and this factor is the Irish-American, and his influence. To mature its powers, to concentrate its action, to learn the secret of its own strength and of England's weakness, the Celtic intellect has had to cross the Atlantic. At home it had but learned the pathetic weakness of nationality; in a strange land it realised what indomitable forces nationality possesses. What captivity was to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish: America and American influence have educated them.
The unread is always better than the unreadable. - Oscar Wilde
The unread is always better than the unreadable.
- Oscar Wilde
Where your life leads you, you must go - Oscar Wilde
Where your life leads you, you must go
But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone. - Oscar Wilde
But she is happiest alone. She is happiest alone.
you will always love, and you will always be loved - Oscar Wilde
you will always love, and you will always be loved
It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable. - Oscar Wilde
It can never be necessary to do what is not honourable.
I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out. - Oscar Wilde
I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.
This wallpaper is dreadful, one of us will have to go. - Oscar Wilde
This wallpaper is dreadful, one of us will have to go.
I have nothing to declare except my genuis. - Oscar Wilde
I have nothing to declare except my genuis.
It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart. - Oscar Wilde
It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.
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