Oscar Wilde quotes - page 2

It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. (Oscar Wilde)
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. View quote
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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. View quote
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. View quote
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I can resist everything except temptation. View quote
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. View quote
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Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. View quote
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There is no sin except stupidity. View quote
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes. View quote
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Only the shallow know themselves. View quote
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. (Oscar Wilde)
The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. View quote
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The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. View quote
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Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken. View quote
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The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young. View quote
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In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever. View quote
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Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know. View quote
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. View quote
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True friends stab you in the front. View quote
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. View quote
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. (Oscar Wilde)
I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones. View quote
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I am not young enough to know everything. View quote
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. View quote
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Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them. View quote
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Oscar Wilde

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Occupation: Irish Poet
Born: October 16, 1854
Died: November 30, 1900
Quotes count: 1197
Wikipedia: Oscar Wilde

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