Oscar Wilde Quotes, Disappointment Quotes, Crazy Quotes

In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an inventor is honoured, help is forthcoming, and the exercise of ingenuity, the application of science to the work of man, is there the shortest road to wealth.

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They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.

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M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.

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The only sin is stupidity.

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To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.

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It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.

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To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.

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A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it.

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The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

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If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty

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"There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral — immoral from the scientific point of view." "Why?" "Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul."

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He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven.

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Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

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Youth is the only thing worth having.

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America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle.

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The only way to get rid of tempation is to yeild to it.

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As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

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It is love, and not German philosophy, that is the true explanation of the world, whatever may be the explanation of the next.

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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.

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I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

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