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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and...

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Oscar Wilde: Whatever harsh criticisms...

Oscar Wilde: Whatever harsh criticisms...

Whatever harsh criticisms may be passed on the construction of her sentences, she at least possesses that one touch of...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who moralises is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralises is invariably plain.

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Oscar Wilde: I should be...

Oscar Wilde: I should be...

I should be like a lion in a cave of savage Daniels.

Source: Explaining why he...

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Oscar Wilde: It is well...

Oscar Wilde: It is well...

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his...

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Oscar Wilde: The exquisite art...

Oscar Wilde: The exquisite art...

The exquisite art of idleness, one of the most important things that any University can...

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Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

Oscar Wilde: A well-tied tie...

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they...

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Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Oscar Wilde: Better the rule...

Better the rule of One, whom all obey,
Than to let clamorous demagogues betray
Our freedom with the kiss of...

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Oscar Wilde: There should be...

Oscar Wilde: There should be...

There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their...

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Oscar Wilde: The only way...

Oscar Wilde: The only way...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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Oscar Wilde: Wickedness is a...

Oscar Wilde: Wickedness is a...

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of...

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Oscar Wilde: There is only...

Oscar Wilde: There is only...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor...

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Oscar Wilde: The youth of...

Oscar Wilde: The youth of...

The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for 300 years.

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Oscar Wilde: All charming people,...

Oscar Wilde: All charming people,...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

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Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

Oscar Wilde: The worst vice...

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by...

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Oscar Wilde: Ordinary riches can...

Oscar Wilde: Ordinary riches can...

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken...

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Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Oscar Wilde: Of course the...

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad...

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Oscar Wilde: I put all...

Oscar Wilde: I put all...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Source: In...

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