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Oscar Wilde: The aim of...

Oscar Wilde: The aim of...

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized...

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Oscar Wilde: This morning I...

Oscar Wilde: This morning I...

This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Cecil Graham: What is a cynic?
Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of...

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Oscar Wilde: Vulgarity is the...

Oscar Wilde: Vulgarity is the...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

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Oscar Wilde: To love oneself...

Oscar Wilde: To love oneself...

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

Source: Lord Goring, in An...

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Oscar Wilde: I dislike arguments...

Oscar Wilde: I dislike arguments...

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.

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Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

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Oscar Wilde: Popularity is the...

Oscar Wilde: Popularity is the...

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is...

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Oscar Wilde: The sign of...

Oscar Wilde: The sign of...

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

Source: Lecture...

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Oscar Wilde: Life has been...

Oscar Wilde: Life has been...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can be...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can be...

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: Every woman is...

Oscar Wilde: Every woman is...

Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: There is something...

Oscar Wilde: There is something...

There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the...

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Oscar Wilde: Musical people are...

Oscar Wilde: Musical people are...

Musical people are so absurdly unreasonable. They always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is...

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Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

Oscar Wilde: I have invented...

I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the...

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Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

Oscar Wilde: All Art is...

All Art is quite useless.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Preface
-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: To make men...

Oscar Wilde: To make men...

To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.

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Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is the...

Oscar Wilde: Pleasure is the...

Pleasure is the only thing to live for. Nothing ages like happiness.

Source: 'An...

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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: Society often forgives...

Oscar Wilde: Society often forgives...

Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

Source:...

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