Oscar Wilde Quotes, Wise Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

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Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.

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An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.

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Oscar Wilde was suing the Marquis of Queensbury in 1895 for libel accusing Wilde of homosexuality Counsel: Have you ever adored a young man madly? Wilde: I have never given adoration to anyone except myself.

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America is not a country, it is a world.

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Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

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I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

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The moon in her chariot of pearl

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I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.

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My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.

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Now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion.

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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

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I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

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We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.

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Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

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In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

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Every one of course represents the spirit of his age, but there is an eternal aspect of the Spirit of every age which may be caught. To recreate the past from the mutilated fragments of the present is the task of the Historian.

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It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work when there is no definite object of any kind. To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing.

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The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain.

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Ah! that quite does for me. I haven't a word to say... Too much care was taken with our education, I am afraid. To have been well brought up is a great drawback nowadays. It shuts one out from so much.

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