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Oscar Wilde: The first duty...

Oscar Wilde: The first duty...

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has yet...

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Oscar Wilde: Only people who...

Oscar Wilde: Only people who...

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed...

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Oscar Wilde: If one hears...

Oscar Wilde: If one hears...

If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.

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Oscar Wilde: I can resist...

Oscar Wilde: I can resist...

I can resist everything except temptation.

Source: Lord Darlington, in Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: Never speak disrespectfully...

Oscar Wilde: Never speak disrespectfully...

Never speak disrespectfully of Society. Only people who can't get into it do that.

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Oscar Wilde: Nowadays, all the...

Oscar Wilde: Nowadays, all the...

Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.

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Oscar Wilde: The brotherhood of...

Oscar Wilde: The brotherhood of...

The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet's dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating...

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Oscar Wilde: There is no...

Oscar Wilde: There is no...

There is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for...

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Oscar Wilde: The body sins...

Oscar Wilde: The body sins...

The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the...

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Oscar Wilde: She tried to...

Oscar Wilde: She tried to...

She tried to found a salon, and only succeeded in opening a restaurant.

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Oscar Wilde: It is perfectly...

Oscar Wilde: It is perfectly...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are...

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Oscar Wilde: Civilisation is not...

Oscar Wilde: Civilisation is not...

Civilisation is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One...

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Oscar Wilde: Memory. . ....

Oscar Wilde: Memory. . ....

Memory. . . is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Source: Miss Prism, in...

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Oscar Wilde: I love London...

Oscar Wilde: I love London...

I love London society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and...

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Oscar Wilde: The worst form...

Oscar Wilde: The worst form...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny...

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Oscar Wilde: By persistently remaining...

Oscar Wilde: By persistently remaining...

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more...

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Oscar Wilde: Only dull people...

Oscar Wilde: Only dull people...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An Ideal...

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Oscar Wilde: Ah well, I...

Oscar Wilde: Ah well, I...

Ah well, I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Source: On being told the...

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Oscar Wilde: The stage is...

Oscar Wilde: The stage is...

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to...

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Oscar Wilde: Those who see...

Oscar Wilde: Those who see...

Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither.

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