Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde: You should study...

Oscar Wilde: You should study...

You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the...

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Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

Oscar Wilde: The fact is,...

The fact is, you have fallen lately, Cecily, into a bad habit of thinking for yourself. You should give it up. It is...

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Oscar Wilde: Duty is what...

Oscar Wilde: Duty is what...

Duty is what one expects from others.

Source: Lord Illingworth, in A Woman of No...

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Oscar Wilde: The way of...

Oscar Wilde: The way of...

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope. When the Verities become...

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Oscar Wilde: One can survive...

Oscar Wilde: One can survive...

One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good...

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Oscar Wilde: Youth! There is...

Oscar Wilde: Youth! There is...

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But...

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Oscar Wilde: Life, Lady Stutfield,...

Oscar Wilde: Life, Lady Stutfield,...

Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.

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Oscar Wilde: Oh, duty is...

Oscar Wilde: Oh, duty is...

Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.

Source:...

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Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their...

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Oscar Wilde: A man who...

Oscar Wilde: A man who...

A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the...

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Oscar Wilde: He rides in...

Oscar Wilde: He rides in...

He rides in the row at ten o clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least...

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Oscar Wilde: The Ideal Man...

Oscar Wilde: The Ideal Man...

The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our...

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Oscar Wilde: A kiss may...

Oscar Wilde: A kiss may...

A kiss may ruin a human life.

Source: Mrs. Arbuthnot, in A Woman of No Importance,...

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Oscar Wilde: There is only...

Oscar Wilde: There is only...

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future...

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Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

Oscar Wilde: They are horribly...

They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are...

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Oscar Wilde: By persistently remaining...

Oscar Wilde: By persistently remaining...

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more...

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Oscar Wilde: Only dull people...

Oscar Wilde: Only dull people...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Source: Mrs. Cheveley, in An Ideal...

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Oscar Wilde: In modern life...

Oscar Wilde: In modern life...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world...

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Oscar Wilde: When a man...

Oscar Wilde: When a man...

When a man has once loved a woman, he will do anything for her, except continue to love...

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Oscar Wilde: I delight in...

Oscar Wilde: I delight in...

I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.

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