Oscar Wilde Quotes

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

Oscar Wilde

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• Woman
• Husband
• Tragedy
• Lover

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• I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.

  

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• Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.

  

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• One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

  

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• As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.

  

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• I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.

  

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• Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

  

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• To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.

  

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• I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'

  

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• I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.

  

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• Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.

  

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• The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.

  

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• The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.

  

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• The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.

  

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• Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.

  

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• My life is not perfect.

  

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• In order to have a continuing influence, the stock market has to continue rising at an accelerating pace faster than exponential. Only a faster-than-exponential stock market growth makes private investors feel richer.

  

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• All love is true, but not all truth ... is love?

  

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• When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students; some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.

  

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• He cold, he dope, he might sell coke He always in the air but he never fly coach

  

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• My definition of democracy is - A form and a method of Government whereby revolutionary changes in the social life are brought about without bloodshed. That is the real test. It is perhaps the severest test. But when you are judging the quality of the material you must put it to the severest test.

  

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• There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Woman
  • Husband