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Oscar Wilde
The true mystery...
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Source: In Pearls...
The English public,...
The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is...
The basis of...
The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to...
There is always...
There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
Source:...
A man cannot...
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Source: Lord Henry, in...
The critic has...
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
Source:...
The suspense is...
The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last.
Source: In
The one person...
The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.
A little sincerity...
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
No man dies...
No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts...
EXPERT: An ordinary...
EXPERT: An ordinary man away from home giving advice.
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-- Oscar Wilde,...
If there was...
If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
Fashion is what...
Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
Extravagance is the...
Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.
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No man is...
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
Source:
-- Oscar Wilde, (Oct 16...
I love talking...
I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.
Source:...
He had that...
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in...
The pure and...
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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-- Oscar...
To be natural...
To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.
Source: An Ideal...
The books that...
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.