Oscar Wilde Quotes
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A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
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To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.
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Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary.
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I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.
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I can believe anything as long as it is incredible.
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The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.
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After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
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Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.
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Learn to differentiate between ignorance and stupidity.
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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.
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Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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Things last either too long, or not long enough.
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Every woman is a rebel.
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
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There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate - not to the artist, but to the public, blinding them to all but harming the artist not at all.
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The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.
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If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you.
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I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.
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Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One must eat muffins quite calmly, it is the only way to eat them.
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Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.
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A chemist on each side will approach the frontier with a bottle.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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True love is just like regular love, but with more truth.