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Oscar Wilde: Lots of people...

Oscar Wilde: Lots of people...

Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the...

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Oscar Wilde: If you pretend...

Oscar Wilde: If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the...

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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: No publisher should...

Oscar Wilde: No publisher should...

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the...

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Oscar Wilde: Nowadays to be...

Oscar Wilde: Nowadays to be...

Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.

Source: Lord Darlington, in Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: Examinations, sir, are...

Oscar Wilde: Examinations, sir, are...

Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is...

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Oscar Wilde: There is only...

Oscar Wilde: There is only...

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked...

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Oscar Wilde: Fathers should be...

Oscar Wilde: Fathers should be...

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

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Oscar Wilde: It often happens...

Oscar Wilde: It often happens...

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude...

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Oscar Wilde: The intellect is...

Oscar Wilde: The intellect is...

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is...

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Oscar Wilde: You should study...

Oscar Wilde: You should study...

You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the...

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Oscar Wilde: One can survive...

Oscar Wilde: One can survive...

One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good...

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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: To make a...

Oscar Wilde: To make a...

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist -- the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know...

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Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

Oscar Wilde: The Governor was...

The Governor was strong upon
The Regulations Act:
The Doctor said that Death was but
A scientific...

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Oscar Wilde: But what is...

Oscar Wilde: But what is...

But what is the difference between literature and journalism? ... Journalism is unreadable, and literature is not...

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Oscar Wilde: Art never expresses...

Oscar Wilde: Art never expresses...

Art never expresses anything but itself.

Source: The Decay of Lying.
-- Oscar...

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Oscar Wilde: Thinking is the...

Oscar Wilde: Thinking is the...

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other...

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

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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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