Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.
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People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
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When a voice behind me whispered low,'That fellow's got to swing.'
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They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist.
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If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
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The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.
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The only thing worse than quoting me, is not quoting me.
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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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The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived.
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It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.
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I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
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A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
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What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date.
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It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.
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Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
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Public opinion exists only where there are no ideas.
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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
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Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.
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If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.
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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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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
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There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.
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I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.
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One should always be a little improbable.