Oscar Wilde Quotes
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A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
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A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
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The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
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Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.
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Charity creates a multitude of sins.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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America is not a country, it is a world.
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You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
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The world is made by the singer for the dreamer.
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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Youth is the only thing worth having.
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Make some sacrifice for your art and you will be repaid, but ask of art to sacrifice herself for you and a bitter disappointment may come to you.
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The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.
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My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken: that is why God sends sorrow into the world.
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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
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Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.
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All great ideas are dangerous.
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It is chiefly, I regret to say, through journalism that such people find expression. I regret it because there is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.