Oscar Wilde Quotes, Important Quotes, Said Quotes

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

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Irony is wasted on the stupid

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Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching.

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The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.

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I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.

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Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

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In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

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I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

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I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

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Men are such cowards. They outrage every law in the world and are afraid of the world's tongue.

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Every woman is a rebel.

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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

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Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.

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Even things that are true can be proved.

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Cleverness becomes a public nuisance.

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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

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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!

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If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

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Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

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I summed up all systems in a phrase, and all existence in an epigram.

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