We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, and wit whose works - 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' and 'De Profundis' - made him the most celebrated figure of the Aesthetic Movement. His trial and imprisonment for homosexuality transformed him from society's darling into a martyr for individual freedom.
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The die is cast.
-- The Roman general
Go, stranger, and tell the Lacedaemonians that here we lie, obedient to their commands.
-- The Spartan king who led 300 warriors in a suicidal last stand at Thermopylae
Imagination rules the world.
-- The French emperor whose military genius reshaped
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
-- Charles Dickens
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-- Oscar Wilde
I could have run all day.
-- Born in Jato, Ethiopia in 1932, Abebe Bikila ran the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon barefoot and won - then defended his title wearing shoes at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He heralded the era of African distance running dominance. From Imperial Guard to Olympic champion to paraplegic after a car accident, his