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Oscar Wilde
I have put...
I have put my genius into my life; all I've put into my works is my talent.
Source:...
I played with...
I played with an idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air; transformed it; let it escaped and recaptured it;...
An idea that...
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Source:...
In all pointed...
In all pointed sentences some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
A thing is...
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Source: Erskine, in The...
I am not...
I am not young enough to know everything.
Source: The Admirable Crichton
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Consistency is the...
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Source: The Relation of Dress...
America has been...
America has been discovered before, but it has always been hushed up.
Source: In...
If you don't...
If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't...
It is better...
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Source: In Quotable...
The English country...
The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the...
It is better...
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But it is better to be good than to be ugly.
A pessimist is...
A pessimist is one who, when he has a choice of two evils, chooses both.
Source:...
Moderation is a...
Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.
Source: Lord...
The play was...
The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.
Source:...
Only the shallow...
Only the shallow know themselves.
Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said,...
Morality is simply...
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
The best one...
The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than...
Experience is one...
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
Source: In The Speaker's...
One should always...
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
Source: In Webster's...