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Oscar Wilde Quotes

Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often happens, were clearly and unmistakably innocent Picture Quote #1

Ah! that quite does for me. I haven’t a word to say... Too much care was taken with our education, I am afraid. To have been well brought up is a great drawback nowadays. It shuts one out from so much Picture Quote #1

And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes Picture Quote #1

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don’t they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me Picture Quote #1

However, I think anything is better than high intellectual pressure. That is the most unbecoming thing there is. It makes the noses of the young girls so particularly large Picture Quote #1

I am afraid that you have been listening to the conversation of someone older than yourself. That is always a dangerous thing to do, and if you allow it to degenerate into a habit, you will find it absolutely fatal to any intellectual development Picture Quote #1

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I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual Picture Quote #1

Just as the philanthropist is the nuisance of the ethical sphere, so the nuisance of the intellectual sphere is the man who is so occupied in trying to educate others, that he has never had any time to educate himself Picture Quote #1

That beauty which is meant by art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave, but a positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to, that is to say unless we are content to be less than men Picture Quote #1

What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination Picture Quote #1

Fruitcake is like semen, there’s a lot of it about but no one wants to swallow it Picture Quote #1

A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen Picture Quote #1

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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, and the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal Picture Quote #1

Music is the art... which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all the other arts are constantly aspiring Picture Quote #1

If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you Picture Quote #1

If music be the food of love, get me a supersized big mac, chips, two apple pies and a large milkshake Picture Quote #1

A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it Picture Quote #1

Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them Picture Quote #1

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M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull Picture Quote #1

And if life be, as it surely is, a problem to me, I am no less a problem to life Picture Quote #1

You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages Picture Quote #1

I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate Picture Quote #1

As it was, we always misunderstood ourselves and rarely understood others. Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes Picture Quote #1

The trouble with women is, that when they grow up, they turn into their mothers. The trouble with men is, that they don’t Picture Quote #1

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Look at the moon. How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. One might fancy she was looking for dead things Picture Quote #1

I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine. I went down the primrose path to the sound of flutes. I lived on honeycomb Picture Quote #1

All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Man is a being with myriad lives and myriad sensations, a complex, multiform creature that bears within itself strange legacies of thought and passion, and whose very flesh is tainted with the monstrous maladies of the dead Picture Quote #1

Men are such cowards. They outrage every law in the world and are afraid of the world’s tongue Picture Quote #1

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Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often happens, were clearly and unmistakably innocent (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Ah! that quite does for me. I haven’t a word to say... Too much care was taken with our education, I am afraid. To have been well brought up is a great drawback nowadays. It shuts one out from so much (Oscar Wilde Quotes) And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes (Oscar Wilde Quotes) As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don’t they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me (Oscar Wilde Quotes) However, I think anything is better than high intellectual pressure. That is the most unbecoming thing there is. It makes the noses of the young girls so particularly large (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I am afraid that you have been listening to the conversation of someone older than yourself. That is always a dangerous thing to do, and if you allow it to degenerate into a habit, you will find it absolutely fatal to any intellectual development (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Just as the philanthropist is the nuisance of the ethical sphere, so the nuisance of the intellectual sphere is the man who is so occupied in trying to educate others, that he has never had any time to educate himself (Oscar Wilde Quotes) That beauty which is meant by art is no mere accident of human life which people can take or leave, but a positive necessity of life if we are to live as nature meant us to, that is to say unless we are content to be less than men (Oscar Wilde Quotes) What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Fruitcake is like semen, there’s a lot of it about but no one wants to swallow it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say at the age of eighteen (Oscar Wilde Quotes) God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I’m hostile, and the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Music is the art... which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all the other arts are constantly aspiring (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If music be the food of love, get me a supersized big mac, chips, two apple pies and a large milkshake (Oscar Wilde Quotes) A virtuous abstinence from the joys of pederasty comes most easily to those who have no taste for it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them (Oscar Wilde Quotes) M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull (Oscar Wilde Quotes) And if life be, as it surely is, a problem to me, I am no less a problem to life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate (Oscar Wilde Quotes) As it was, we always misunderstood ourselves and rarely understood others. Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The trouble with women is, that when they grow up, they turn into their mothers. The trouble with men is, that they don’t (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Look at the moon. How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. One might fancy she was looking for dead things (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine. I went down the primrose path to the sound of flutes. I lived on honeycomb (Oscar Wilde Quotes) All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) 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 (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Man is a being with myriad lives and myriad sensations, a complex, multiform creature that bears within itself strange legacies of thought and passion, and whose very flesh is tainted with the monstrous maladies of the dead (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Men are such cowards. They outrage every law in the world and are afraid of the world’s tongue (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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