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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888)
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Why, what a wonderful piece of luck! Here is a red rose! I have never seen any rose like it in all my life. It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name.
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Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.
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"She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses," cried the young Student; "but in all my garden there is no red rose."
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Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
October 16, 1854
Died:
November 30, 1900
(aged 46)
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