Oscar Wilde Quotes

Oscar wilde - we can forgive a man for making a useful thing,...
I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
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One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
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Oscar wilde - eduaction is an admirable thing, but it is well...
What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
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Oscar Wilde: I wish I had said that. Whistler: You will, Oscar; you will.
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Oscar wilde - america had often been discovered before...
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - - The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
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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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Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.
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Arguments are to be avoided they are always vulgar and often convincing.
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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
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Always forgive your enemies - Nothing annoys them so much.
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde
America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.
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Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
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Imagination is a quality given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humaor is provided to console him from what he is.
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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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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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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Science is the record of dead religions.
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Chastity is the greatest form of perversion.
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Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.
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Society produces rogues, and education makes one rogue cleverer than another.
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Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.
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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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Experience... is simply the name we give our mistakes.
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I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
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