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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. (Oscar Wilde)
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. View quote
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I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly. View quote
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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. View quote
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Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are. View quote
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. View quote
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Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to. View quote
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The one charm of the past is that it is the past. View quote
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. View quote
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Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the complex. View quote
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A visionary is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world. (Oscar Wilde)
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. View quote
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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. View quote
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...we live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. View quote
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Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands. View quote
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. View quote
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. View quote
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. View quote
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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. View quote
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It is a very sad thing nowadays that there is so little useless information. View quote
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. (Oscar Wilde)
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. View quote
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Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer. View quote
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We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. View quote
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Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. 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: 1196
Wikipedia: Oscar Wilde

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