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  • Oscar Wilde Quotes   1859
  • As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Music Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Yield Quotes , Law Quotes
  • If you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself - a rare type in our time ... you rise from table richer, and conscious that a high ideal has for a moment touched and sanctified your days. But Oh! my dear Ernest, to sit next to a man who has spent his life in trying to educate others! What a dreadful experience that is!
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Independent Quotes , Men Quotes
  • It is always painful fo part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Space Quotes , People Quotes