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Oscar Wilde: Political life at...

Oscar Wilde: Political life at...

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

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Oscar Wilde: There is something...

Oscar Wilde: There is something...

There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start...

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Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Oscar Wilde: Despotism is unjust...

Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better...

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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: Time is waste...

Oscar Wilde: Time is waste...

Time is waste of money.

Source: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young,...

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Oscar Wilde: We live in...

Oscar Wilde: We live in...

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Source: The...

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Oscar Wilde: We can forgive...

Oscar Wilde: We can forgive...

We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless...

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Oscar Wilde: If this is...

Oscar Wilde: If this is...

If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any.

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Oscar Wilde: A damsel is...

Oscar Wilde: A damsel is...

A damsel is a genius in the daytime and a beauty at night.

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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: 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: Genius is born,...

Oscar Wilde: Genius is born,...

Genius is born, not paid.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Oscar Wilde: London is full...

Oscar Wilde: London is full...

London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognise them. They look so thoroughly...

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Oscar Wilde: No publisher should...

Oscar Wilde: No publisher should...

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the...

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Oscar Wilde: The mind of...

Oscar Wilde: The mind of...

The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-?-brac shop, all monsters and...

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Oscar Wilde: Philanthropic people lose...

Oscar Wilde: Philanthropic people lose...

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing...

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Oscar Wilde: There are many...

Oscar Wilde: There are many...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them...

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Oscar Wilde: It is a...

Oscar Wilde: It is a...

It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the...

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Oscar Wilde: Wordsworth went to...

Oscar Wilde: Wordsworth went to...

Wordsworth went to the Lakes, but he was never a lake poet. He found in stones the sermons he had already hidden...

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Robert Frost: Ah, when to...

Robert Frost: Ah, when to...

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things
To yield with a...

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