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“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?”

Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Often attributed to Stalin, there is not a single source which show that Stalin said this at any given time. There is only one source outside the blogosphere which attributes the quote to Stalin, but does not provide any evidence for the attribution. That source is the book Quotations for Public Speakers : A Historical, Literary, and Political Anthology (2001), p. 121 by the former US senator Robert Torricelli.
Misattributed

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“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”

Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
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“When you really want love you will find it waiting for you.”

Source: De Profundis

Oscar Wilde photo
Oscar Wilde photo
Oscar Wilde photo

“For one moment our lives met, our souls touched.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Variant: For one moment our lives met our souls touched.

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Oscar Wilde quote: “To be popular one must be a mediocrity.”
Oscar Wilde photo
Oscar Wilde photo

“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious”

Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894)
Variant: Patriotism is the vice of nations.

Oscar Wilde photo
Oscar Wilde photo
Oscar Wilde photo

“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)

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“You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.”

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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“If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture”

The Decay of Lying (1889)
Context: If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture... In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.

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“Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

"The Relation of Dress to Art," The Pall Mall Gazette http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14062/14062-h/14062-h.htm (February 28, 1885)
reprinted in Aristotle at Afternoon Tea:The Rare Oscar Wilde (1991).
Variant: Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

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