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Oscar Wilde: Every portrait that...

Oscar Wilde: Every portrait that...

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the...

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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can write...

Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and...

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Abraham Lincoln: My dream is...

Abraham Lincoln: My dream is...

My dream is of a place and time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of...

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Oscar Wilde: The salesman knows...

Oscar Wilde: The salesman knows...

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for...

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Oscar Wilde: When liberty comes...

Oscar Wilde: When liberty comes...

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

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Oscar Wilde: She wore far...

Oscar Wilde: She wore far...

She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a...

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Oscar Wilde: One should never...

Oscar Wilde: One should never...

One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old...

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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: Death and vulgarity...

Oscar Wilde: Death and vulgarity...

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain...

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Oscar Wilde: Talk to every...

Oscar Wilde: Talk to every...

Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you...

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Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

The fact is, you have fallen lately, Cecily, into a bad habit of thinking for yourself. You should give it up. It is...

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Oscar Wilde: An excellent man!...

Oscar Wilde: An excellent man!...

An excellent man! He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him.

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Oscar Wilde: Fashion is a...

Oscar Wilde: Fashion is a...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

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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: We are all...

Oscar Wilde: We are all...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Source: Lord...

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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: As long as...

Oscar Wilde: As long as...

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly...

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Oscar Wilde: Conscience makes egotists...

Oscar Wilde: Conscience makes egotists...

Conscience makes egotists of us all.

Source: Lord Henry, in The Picture of Dorian...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing spoils a...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing spoils a...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: It is better...

Oscar Wilde: It is better...

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But. . . it is better to be good than to be...

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