Oscar Wilde quotes - page 41

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her. (Oscar Wilde)
It is personalities not principles that move the age. View quote
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There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband. View quote
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The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all. View quote
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The only beautiful things are the things that do not concern us. View quote
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They are so pleased to find out other people's secrets. It distracts public attention from their own. View quote
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There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful. View quote
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If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity. View quote
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I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments. View quote
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To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still. View quote
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Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him. (Oscar Wilde)
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. View quote
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The greatest of all sins is stupidity. View quote
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To be good is to be in harmony with one's self. View quote
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Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris. View quote
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One should not be too severe on English novels they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. View quote
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Cultivated leisure is the aim of man. View quote
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Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly. View quote
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If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty. View quote
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Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners. View quote
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On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. (Oscar Wilde)
The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him. View quote
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There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor. View quote
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From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it. View quote
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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. 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
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