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Oscar Wilde Quotes

People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies Picture Quote #1

Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life Picture Quote #1

One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged Picture Quote #1

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame Picture Quote #1

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal Picture Quote #1

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace Picture Quote #1

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There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them Picture Quote #1

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us Picture Quote #1

If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it Picture Quote #1

When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people’s time, not one’s own Picture Quote #1

As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg Picture Quote #1

Now, nothing should be able to harm a man except himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has, is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance Picture Quote #1

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They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist Picture Quote #1

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all Picture Quote #1

I find that forgiving one’s enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it Picture Quote #1

She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses but in all my garden there is no red rose Picture Quote #1

In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential Picture Quote #1

I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all Picture Quote #1

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There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them Picture Quote #1

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones Picture Quote #1

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you Picture Quote #1

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account Picture Quote #1

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is Picture Quote #1

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If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it Picture Quote #1

Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot Picture Quote #1

Perhaps one never seems so much at ones ease as when one has to play a part Picture Quote #1

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain Picture Quote #1

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company Picture Quote #1

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People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them (Oscar Wilde Quotes) What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people’s time, not one’s own (Oscar Wilde Quotes) As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Now, nothing should be able to harm a man except himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has, is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance (Oscar Wilde Quotes) They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist (Oscar Wilde Quotes) People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I find that forgiving one’s enemies is a most curious morbid pleasure; perhaps I should check it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses but in all my garden there is no red rose (Oscar Wilde Quotes) In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Perhaps one never seems so much at ones ease as when one has to play a part (Oscar Wilde Quotes) A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I don’t mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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