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Oscar Wilde
Quotes by Oscar Wilde
Quotes by Oscar Wilde
“A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.”
Oscar Wilde
“A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.”
Oscar Wilde
“Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much.”
Oscar Wilde
“America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.”
Oscar Wilde
“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.”
Oscar Wilde
“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
Oscar Wilde
“Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.”
Oscar Wilde
“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”
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“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
Oscar Wilde
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”
Oscar Wilde
“Genius is born - not paid.”
Oscar Wilde
“I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.”
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“I am not young enough to know everything.”
Oscar Wilde
“I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.”
Oscar Wilde
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”
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“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”
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“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”
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“It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.”
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“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
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“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.”
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“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”
Oscar Wilde
“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.”
Oscar Wilde
“The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.”
Oscar Wilde
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
Oscar Wilde
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”
Oscar Wilde
“There are many things that we would throw away, if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.”
Oscar Wilde
“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.”
Oscar Wilde
“To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.”
Oscar Wilde
“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”
Oscar Wilde
