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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. (Oscar Wilde)
This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. View quote
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. View quote
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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means. View quote
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Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. View quote
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Punctuality is the thief of time. View quote
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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. View quote
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A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. View quote
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Never speak disrespectfully of Society. Only people who can't get into it do that. View quote
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything. View quote
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I beg your pardon I didn't recognise you - I've changed a lot. (Oscar Wilde)
The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life. View quote
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Women defend themselves by attacking, just as they attack by sudden and strange surrenders. View quote
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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless... View quote
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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. View quote
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A poet can survive everything but a misprint. View quote
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. View quote
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The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. View quote
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Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions. View quote
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I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. View quote
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In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer. (Oscar Wilde)
It is always the unreadable that occurs. View quote
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All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction. View quote
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Those whom the gods love grow young. View quote
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Charity creates a multitude of sins. 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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