Oscar Wilde

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: He had that...

Oscar Wilde: He had that...

He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in...

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Oscar Wilde: The pure and...

Oscar Wilde: The pure and...

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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Oscar Wilde: To be natural...

Oscar Wilde: To be natural...

To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

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Oscar Wilde: The books that...

Oscar Wilde: The books that...

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

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Oscar Wilde: The best way...

Oscar Wilde: The best way...

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

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Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

Oscar Wilde: The old believe...

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.

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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: A man's very...

Oscar Wilde: A man's very...

A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells...

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

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Oscar Wilde: The liar at...

Oscar Wilde: The liar at...

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more...

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Oscar Wilde: The condition of...

Oscar Wilde: The condition of...

The condition of perfection is idleness; the aim of perfection is youth.

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Oscar Wilde: It is only...

Oscar Wilde: It is only...

It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he...

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Oscar Wilde: We who live...

Oscar Wilde: We who live...

We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and...

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Oscar Wilde: The public have...

Oscar Wilde: The public have...

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of...

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Oscar Wilde: I was disappointed...

Oscar Wilde: I was disappointed...

I was disappointed in Niagara --most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and...

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Oscar Wilde: The well-bred contradict...

Oscar Wilde: The well-bred contradict...

The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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Oscar Wilde: While one should...

Oscar Wilde: While one should...

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an...

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Oscar Wilde: All trials are...

Oscar Wilde: All trials are...

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

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Oscar Wilde: To get into...

Oscar Wilde: To get into...

To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock...

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