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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
Oscar Wilde
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The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar Wilde -
People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde -
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Oscar Wilde -
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
Oscar Wilde
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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
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The best revenge is to live well.
Oscar Wilde -
Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities.
Oscar Wilde -
I don't play accurately — any one can play accurately — but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.
Oscar Wilde -
It is awfully hard work doing nothing.
Oscar Wilde -
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Oscar Wilde
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To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.
Oscar Wilde -
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
Oscar Wilde -
It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves.
Oscar Wilde -
Divorces are made in Heaven.
Oscar Wilde -
Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.
Oscar Wilde -
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde
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The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.
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At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.
Oscar Wilde -
I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.
Oscar Wilde -
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Oscar Wilde