Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Life Quotes

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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

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