Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Life has been...

Oscar Wilde: Life has been...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

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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: Whenever a man...

Oscar Wilde: Whenever a man...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

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Oscar Wilde: The longer I...

Oscar Wilde: The longer I...

The longer I live the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for...

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Oscar Wilde: There are many...

Oscar Wilde: There are many...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them...

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Oscar Wilde: Anybody can be...

Oscar Wilde: Anybody can be...

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Source: Lord...

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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: 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: A cigarette is...

Oscar Wilde: A cigarette is...

A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can...

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Oscar Wilde: When one is...

Oscar Wilde: When one is...

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what...

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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: She tried to...

Oscar Wilde: She tried to...

She tried to found a salon, and only succeeded in opening a restaurant.

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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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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: Genius lasts longer...

Oscar Wilde: Genius lasts longer...

Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate...

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Oscar Wilde: Discontent is the...

Oscar Wilde: Discontent is the...

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Source: Lord...

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Oscar Wilde: It is a...

Oscar Wilde: It is a...

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never...

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Oscar Wilde: His work was...

Oscar Wilde: His work was...

His work was that curious mixture of bad painting and good intentions that always entitles a man to be called a...

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Oscar Wilde: It is perfectly...

Oscar Wilde: It is perfectly...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are...

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