Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: Good taste is...

Oscar Wilde: Good taste is...

Good taste is the excuse I have given for leading such a bad life.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Oscar Wilde: Cecil Graham: What...

Cecil Graham: What is a cynic?
Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of...

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Oscar Wilde: The true perfection...

Oscar Wilde: The true perfection...

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Source: In...

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Oscar Wilde: What between the...

Oscar Wilde: What between the...

What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land...

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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: If one hears...

Oscar Wilde: If one hears...

If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: There is nothing...

Oscar Wilde: There is nothing...

There is nothing in the whole world so unbecoming to a woman as a Nonconformist...

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Oscar Wilde: When people talk...

Oscar Wilde: When people talk...

When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else.

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Oscar Wilde: After a good...

Oscar Wilde: After a good...

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Source: Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: When I was...

Oscar Wilde: When I was...

When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it...

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Oscar Wilde: Lots of people...

Oscar Wilde: Lots of people...

Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the...

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Oscar Wilde: I can resist...

Oscar Wilde: I can resist...

I can resist everything except temptation.

Source: Lord Darlington, in Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: Work is the...

Oscar Wilde: Work is the...

Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do.

Source: In Webster's...

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Oscar Wilde: Don't tell me...

Oscar Wilde: Don't tell me...

Don't tell me that you have exhausted Life. When a man says that, one knows that life has exhausted...

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Oscar Wilde: With an evening...

Oscar Wilde: With an evening...

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stock broker, can gain a reputation for being...

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Oscar Wilde: My great mistake,...

Oscar Wilde: My great mistake,...

My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own...

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Oscar Wilde: If you pretend...

Oscar Wilde: If you pretend...

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the...

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Oscar Wilde: Action is the...

Oscar Wilde: Action is the...

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Source: In The...

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Oscar Wilde: Experience is the...

Oscar Wilde: Experience is the...

Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.

Source: Lady Windermere's Fan
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Oscar Wilde: Vulgarity is the...

Oscar Wilde: Vulgarity is the...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

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