Oscar Wilde Quotes

Oscar wilde - romance should never begin with sentiment. it...
The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
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Oscar wilde - morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward...
Oscar wilde - selfishness is not living as one wishes to live....
My wallpaper and i are fighting a duel to death. One or the other has to go.
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A well - Tied tie is the first serious step in life.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
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The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.
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It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
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The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?
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Life imitates art more than art imitates life.
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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
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It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give really unbiased opinions, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.
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I have the simplest of tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.
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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman - Like habits, supplies their demands.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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Work is the curse of the drinking class.
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Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
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Genius is born - - Not paid.
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Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.
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Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well worth remembering from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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True friends stab you in the front.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Everyone who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
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America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
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Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
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One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing.
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