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Oscar Wilde: I love talking...

Oscar Wilde: I love talking...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

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Oscar Wilde: To do nothing...

Oscar Wilde: To do nothing...

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most...

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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: America had often...

Oscar Wilde: America had often...

America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

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Oscar Wilde: Religions die when...

Oscar Wilde: Religions die when...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

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Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

The fact is, the public make use of the classics of a country as a means of checking the progress of Art. They degrade...

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Oscar Wilde: Agitators are a...

Oscar Wilde: Agitators are a...

Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community...

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Oscar Wilde: Scepticism is the...

Oscar Wilde: Scepticism is the...

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.

Source: Dorian Gray, in The Picture of Dorian...

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Oscar Wilde: If property had...

Oscar Wilde: If property had...

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we...

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Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

Oscar Wilde: To many, no...

To many, no doubt, he will seem to be somewhat blatant and bumptious, but we prefer to regard him as being simply...

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Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

Oscar Wilde: One is absolutely...

One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good...

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Oscar Wilde: The great events...

Oscar Wilde: The great events...

The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become...

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Oscar Wilde: On mechanical slavery,...

Oscar Wilde: On mechanical slavery,...

On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing looks so...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing looks so...

Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion.

Source: Cecil Graham, in Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: The mere existence...

Oscar Wilde: The mere existence...

The mere existence of conscience, that faculty of which people prate so much nowadays, and are so ignorantly proud, is...

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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: 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: I seem to...

Oscar Wilde: I seem to...

I seem to have heard that observation before. . . . It has all the vitality of error and all the tediousness of an old...

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Oscar Wilde: The one duty...

Oscar Wilde: The one duty...

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

Source: Gilbert, in The Critic as...

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Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, the world...

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