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Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable. (Oscar Wilde)
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one. View quote
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. View quote
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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. View quote
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. View quote
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The world is a stage and the play is badly cast. View quote
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I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. View quote
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I have a simple taste, only the best. View quote
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Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither. View quote
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It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read. View quote
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nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. (Oscar Wilde)
Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly. View quote
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As for modern Journalism, its not my business to defend it. It justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarest. View quote
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It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing. View quote
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Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. View quote
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As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. View quote
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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. View quote
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My own business always bores me to death I prefer other people's. View quote
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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. View quote
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us. View quote
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In married life three is company and two none. (Oscar Wilde)
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. View quote
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Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. View quote
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An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him. View quote
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Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed. 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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