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Oscar Wilde Quotes

I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing Picture Quote #1

The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic Picture Quote #1

If one doesn’t talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things Picture Quote #1

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt Picture Quote #1

I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time Picture Quote #1

What a silly thing love is! It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything and it is always telling one things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true Picture Quote #1

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What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals Picture Quote #1

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling Picture Quote #1

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously Picture Quote #1

The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen Picture Quote #1

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim Picture Quote #1

Well I won’t argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for Picture Quote #1

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If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you Picture Quote #1

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know Picture Quote #1

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity Picture Quote #1

As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that Picture Quote #1

In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor Picture Quote #1

If one were to live his life fully and completely were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream Picture Quote #1

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Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways Picture Quote #1

Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar Picture Quote #1

Do you smoke? Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. I’m glad to hear of it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind Picture Quote #1

I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die Picture Quote #1

Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me? Picture Quote #1

It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one’s worship into words Picture Quote #1

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My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go Picture Quote #1

There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful Picture Quote #1

Oh! I don’t think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about Picture Quote #1

Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one’s self over poetry is an honor Picture Quote #1

My friend is not allowed to go out today. I sit by his side and read him passages from his own life. They fill him with surprise. Everyone should keep someone else’s diary; I sometimes suspect you of keeping mine Picture Quote #1

I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering Picture Quote #1

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I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If one doesn’t talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time (Oscar Wilde Quotes) What a silly thing love is! It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything and it is always telling one things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true (Oscar Wilde Quotes) What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling (Oscar Wilde Quotes) A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Well I won’t argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you (Oscar Wilde Quotes) You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know (Oscar Wilde Quotes) People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity (Oscar Wilde Quotes) As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that (Oscar Wilde Quotes) In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If one were to live his life fully and completely were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Do you smoke? Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. I’m glad to hear of it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all. Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven’t got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me? (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It was not intended as a compliment. It was a confession. Now that I have made it, something seems to have gone out of me. Perhaps one should never put one’s worship into words (Oscar Wilde Quotes) My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Oh! I don’t think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn’t know what to talk to him about (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one’s self over poetry is an honor (Oscar Wilde Quotes) My friend is not allowed to go out today. I sit by his side and read him passages from his own life. They fill him with surprise. Everyone should keep someone else’s diary; I sometimes suspect you of keeping mine (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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