Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: The whole theory...

Oscar Wilde: The whole theory...

The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no...

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Oscar Wilde: When one pays...

Oscar Wilde: When one pays...

When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.

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Oscar Wilde: If one tells...

Oscar Wilde: If one tells...

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

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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: 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: To lose one...

Oscar Wilde: To lose one...

To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like...

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Oscar Wilde: I always pass...

Oscar Wilde: I always pass...

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to...

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Oscar Wilde: Long engagements give...

Oscar Wilde: Long engagements give...

Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never...

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Oscar Wilde: I can't help...

Oscar Wilde: I can't help...

I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having...

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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: I like persons...

Oscar Wilde: I like persons...

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the...

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Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

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Oscar Wilde: Laughter is not...

Oscar Wilde: Laughter is not...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for...

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Oscar Wilde: Thirty-five is a...

Oscar Wilde: Thirty-five is a...

Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the highest birth who have, of their own free...

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Oscar Wilde: I'm sure I...

Oscar Wilde: I'm sure I...

I'm sure I don't know half the people who come to my house. Indeed, from all I hear, I shouldn't like...

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Oscar Wilde: A man can...

Oscar Wilde: A man can...

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

Source: Lord...

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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: None of us...

Oscar Wilde: None of us...

None of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: One's past is...

Oscar Wilde: One's past is...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

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