Oscar Wilde quotes - page 23

The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole. (Oscar Wilde)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness. View quote
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A flower blossoms for its own joy. View quote
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You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy, and do destroy, but of the unseen beauty of life, of the unseen beauty of a higher life, you know nothing. View quote
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Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope. View quote
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Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good. View quote
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Each of us has heaven and hell in him... View quote
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You can never be overdressed or overeducated. View quote
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Tell me, when you are alone with him [ Max Beerbohm ] Sphinx, does he take off his face and reveal his mask? View quote
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The very essence of romance is uncertainty. View quote
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Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping. (Oscar Wilde)
Every woman is a rebel. View quote
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Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. View quote
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Everything in moderation, including moderation. View quote
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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. View quote
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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. View quote
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Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them. View quote
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The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. View quote
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The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art. View quote
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But alone, without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all. View quote
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Irony is wasted on the stupid. (Oscar Wilde)
Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light. View quote
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One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends. View quote
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Hearts Live By Being Wounded. View quote
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Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered. 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
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