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1. www.owleyes.org › text › rip-van-winkleRip Van Winkle Full Text - Owl Eyes

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   Washington Irving introduces “Rip Van Winkle” in the voice of “Geoffrey Crayon”. Crayon relates the story from the papers of the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, allowing Irving to raise questions of reliability and truthfulness.

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     The black man whisked him like a child into the saddle, gave...

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     Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the...

2. www.sparknotes.com › lit › rip-van-winkleRip Van Winkle: Rip Van Winkle - SparkNotes

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   The strange man with the keg of liquor—the mountain ravine—the wild retreat among the rocks—the woe-begone party at nine-pins—the flagon—“Oh! that wicked flagon!” thought Rip—“what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle?”

3. www.socratic-method.com › quote-meanings-andOscar Wilde: 'What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of ...

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   Dec 10, 2023 · A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing," a quote famously attributed to Oscar Wilde, holds significant meaning in a straightforward interpretation. It highlights the essence of cynicism, portraying it as a perspective that values material worth above intrinsic or intangible qualities.

4. nosweatshakespeare.com › quotes › literatureOscar Wilde Quotes: 80 Witty & Insightful Oscar Wilde Quotes

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   “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” The Picture of Dorian Gray. “A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” Oscar Wilde quote. “A good friend will always stab you in the front.” Oscar Wilde quote.

5. en.wikiquote.org › wiki › Oscar_WildeOscar Wilde - Wikiquote

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   Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.

   Lo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance — And must I lose a soul's inheritance?

   If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.

   And down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet, Crept like a frightened girl.

   Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood.

   A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

   The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him....

   Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

   A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

   Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.

   A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle.

   And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

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

   It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.

   All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

   The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.

   Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.

   All art is immoral.

   He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

   le mystère de l'amour est plus grand que le mystère de la mort.

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   Alphabetized by author The English writers who had a big influence on me during my adolescence were Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf. From the beginning Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fate had taken the plot out o...

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   The Importance of Being Earnest Quotesanalyzed; study guide with themes, character analyses, teacher guide

   An Ideal Husband Quotesanalyzed.

   Oscar Wilde Quotations Made In Or About America.

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6. pressbooks.pub › openeal › chapterRip Van Winkle – The Open Anthology of Earlier American ...

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   The strange man with a keg of liquor—the mountain ravine—the wild retreat among the rocks—the woe-begone party at ninepins—the flagon—“Oh! that flagon! that wicked flagon!” thought Rip; “what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle?”

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › OmniscienceOmniscience - Wikipedia

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   Omniscience (/ ɒ m ˈ n ɪ ʃ ə n s /) [1] is the capacity to know everything. In Hinduism , Sikhism and the Abrahamic religions , this is an attribute of God . In Jainism , omniscience is an attribute that any individual can eventually attain.