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Oscar Wilde: Nothing makes one...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing makes one...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.

Source: Lord Henry,...

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Oscar Wilde: Women love us...

Oscar Wilde: Women love us...

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic...

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Oscar Wilde: Questions are never...

Oscar Wilde: Questions are never...

Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.

Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An...

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Oscar Wilde: Romance should never...

Oscar Wilde: Romance should never...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Source: Referring...

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Oscar Wilde: It is confession,...

Oscar Wilde: It is confession,...

It is confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

Source: The Picture of...

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Oscar Wilde: Most people die...

Oscar Wilde: Most people die...

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never...

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Oscar Wilde: Everybody who is...

Oscar Wilde: Everybody who is...

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

Source: Vivian, in...

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Ogden Nash: You scour the...

Ogden Nash: You scour the...

You scour the Bowery, ransack the Bronx,
Through funeral parlors and honky-tonks.
From river to river you comb...

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Oscar Wilde: The Bostonians take...

Oscar Wilde: The Bostonians take...

The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their...

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Oscar Wilde: As for begging,...

Oscar Wilde: As for begging,...

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

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Oscar Wilde: A map of...

Oscar Wilde: A map of...

A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at...

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Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Oscar Wilde: Every great man...

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the...

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Oscar Wilde: Cultivated leisure is...

Oscar Wilde: Cultivated leisure is...

Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.

Source: The Soul of Man under Socialism, in...

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Oscar Wilde: In this world...

Oscar Wilde: In this world...

In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is...

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Oscar Wilde: It requires one...

Oscar Wilde: It requires one...

It requires one to assume such indecent postures.

Source: Explaining why he did not...

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Oscar Wilde: Keep love in...

Oscar Wilde: Keep love in...

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are...

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Oscar Wilde: Public Opinion... an...

Oscar Wilde: Public Opinion... an...

Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical...

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Oscar Wilde: Life is too...

Oscar Wilde: Life is too...

Life is too important to be taken seriously.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Men of thought...

Oscar Wilde: Men of thought...

Men of thought should have nothing to do with action.

Source: In Webster's...

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