Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Everyone is born...

Oscar Wilde: Everyone is born...

Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: To believe is...

Oscar Wilde: To believe is...

To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Caricature is the...

Oscar Wilde: Caricature is the...

Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Oscar Wilde: Good artists exist...

Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they...

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Oscar Wilde: Please do not...

Oscar Wilde: Please do not...

Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.

Source: In Impressions of...

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Oscar Wilde: Genius is born,...

Oscar Wilde: Genius is born,...

Genius is born, not paid.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Oscar Wilde: He knew the...

Oscar Wilde: He knew the...

He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: Find expression for...

Oscar Wilde: Find expression for...

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find an expression for joy, and you will intensify its...

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Oscar Wilde: It is through...

Oscar Wilde: It is through...

It is through Art, and through Art only, that we realize our perfection.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: Every effort that...

Oscar Wilde: Every effort that...

Every effort that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

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Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Oscar Wilde: Humanity takes itself...

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, the world...

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Oscar Wilde: I sometimes think...

Oscar Wilde: I sometimes think...

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

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Oscar Wilde: He hasn't a...

Oscar Wilde: He hasn't a...

He hasn't a single redeeming vice.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Oscar Wilde: Men become old,...

Oscar Wilde: Men become old,...

Men become old, but they never become good.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Oscar Wilde: Fashion is the...

Oscar Wilde: Fashion is the...

Fashion is the method by which the fantastic becomes for a moment universal.

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Oscar Wilde: It is a...

Oscar Wilde: It is a...

It is a very sad thing nowadays that there is so little useless information.

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Oscar Wilde: Man is a...

Oscar Wilde: Man is a...

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of...

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Oscar Wilde: Men always want...

Oscar Wilde: Men always want...

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last...

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Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Oscar Wilde: Nothing is good...

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by...

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Oscar Wilde: I don't want...

Oscar Wilde: I don't want...

I don't want money. It is only people who pay their bills who want that, and I never pay...

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