Oscar Wilde Quotes, Class Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes.

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He who stands most remote from his age is he who mirrors it best.

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"Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne? I ask merely for information." "I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand." "Good Heavens! Is marriage so demoralizing as that?" "I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person."

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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

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Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

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The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.

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Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.

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Any place that we love becomes our world.

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Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. Life is a hope.

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It's either the wallpaper or me. One of us has to go. [These were his dying words.]

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Nothing spoils romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

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After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.

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Create yourself. Be yourself your poem.

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Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!

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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

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It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the next world

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My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

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LADY BRACKNELL: Do you smoke? JACK: Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. LADY BRACKNELL: I'm glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind.

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A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.

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Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.

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