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Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.

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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .

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I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.

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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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No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

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I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

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A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.

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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

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People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies.

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Oh, how I vainly wished to the bearded man in the sky that I was Neapolitan. Why? So I could bring in a fine Neapolitan pest control to help with Queensberry's problem before it gets out of hand.

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People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

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The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God. Not to recognise this is to miss the meaning of one of the most important eras in the progress of the world.

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I have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses.

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Most people are other people.

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To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

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The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me

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Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

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To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

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Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

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What do you call a bad man? The sort of man who admires innocence.

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