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The yellow fog came creeping down
The bridges, till the houses' walls
Seemed changed to shadows, and St. Paul's
Loomed like a bubble o'er the town.

— Oscar Wilde

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Morning

More quotes by Oscar Wilde

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

A Woman of No Importance (1893)

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. [Answering the question, what is a cynic?]

Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.

The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

A Woman of No Importance (1893)

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No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be.

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At length the morn and cold indifference came.

Nicholas Rowe The Fair Penitent (1703)

Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.

Glen Cook Sweet Silver Blues (1987)

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