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Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.

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Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

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Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

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The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature.

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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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And now, dear Mr. Worthing, I will not intrude any longer into a house of sorrow. I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.

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I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual.

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They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

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Those who have much are often greedy. Those who have little always share.

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Fruitcake is like semen, there's a lot of it about but no one wants to swallow it

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It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.

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Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

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God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I'm hostile, & the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal.

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One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.

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Who, being loved, is poor?

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Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

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They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

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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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What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

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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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