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Oscar Wilde: In America the...

Oscar Wilde: In America the...

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their...

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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 poet is...

Oscar Wilde: The poet is...

The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord...

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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.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: Absolute catholicity of...

Oscar Wilde: Absolute catholicity of...

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of...

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Oscar Wilde: As for the...

Oscar Wilde: As for the...

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire...

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Oscar Wilde: Mr. Whistler always...

Oscar Wilde: Mr. Whistler always...

Mr. Whistler always spelt art, and we believe still spells it, with a capital I.

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Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is Nature's...

Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is Nature's...

Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his...

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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: The past is...

Oscar Wilde: The past is...

The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the...

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Oscar Wilde: Whatever, in fact,...

Oscar Wilde: Whatever, in fact,...

Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to...

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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: 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: A mask tells...

Oscar Wilde: A mask tells...

A mask tells us more than a face.

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

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Oscar Wilde: The nineteenth century...

Oscar Wilde: The nineteenth century...

The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the...

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Oscar Wilde: On an occasion...

Oscar Wilde: On an occasion...

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a...

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Oscar Wilde: To believe is...

Oscar Wilde: To believe is...

To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ogden Nash: No matter how...

Ogden Nash: No matter how...

No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud,
Their heads are heroically unbloody and...

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