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Oscar Wilde Quotes

He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or when we are stirred by some new emotion for which we cannot find expression Picture Quote #1

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming Picture Quote #1

The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young Picture Quote #1

I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules Picture Quote #1

No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman’s bonnet whether she has got a memory or not Picture Quote #1

You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They are a burden Picture Quote #1

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The world seemed to me fine because you were in it, and goodness more real because you lived Picture Quote #1

And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite Picture Quote #1

You can’t possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It’s absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that Picture Quote #1

We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality Picture Quote #1

I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours Picture Quote #1

Ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl... I have ever met since... I met you Picture Quote #1

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Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old Picture Quote #1

One’s days were too brief to take the burden of another’s errors on one’s shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it Picture Quote #1

Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don’t think it right Picture Quote #1

Algy, you always adopt a strictly immoral attitude towards life. You are not quite old enough to do that Picture Quote #1

In fact, now you mention the subject, I have been very bad in my own small way. I don’t think you should be so proud of that, though I am sure it must have been very pleasant Picture Quote #1

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience Picture Quote #1

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I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else Picture Quote #1

No theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself Picture Quote #1

I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished Picture Quote #1

Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful Picture Quote #1

Behind the perfection of a man’s style, must lie the passion of a man’s soul Picture Quote #1

You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy, and do destroy, but of the unseen beauty of life, of the unseen beauty of a higher life, you know nothing Picture Quote #1

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The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer Picture Quote #1

What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul Picture Quote #1

I am afraid that woman appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated Picture Quote #1

Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection? Picture Quote #1

Even now I cannot help feeling that it is a mistake to think that the passion one feels in creation is ever really shown in the work one creates Picture Quote #1

I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment’s notice Picture Quote #1

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He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or when we are stirred by some new emotion for which we cannot find expression (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules (Oscar Wilde Quotes) No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman’s bonnet whether she has got a memory or not (Oscar Wilde Quotes) You know I have loved him always. But we are very poor. Who, being loved, is poor? Oh, no one. I hate my riches. They are a burden (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The world seemed to me fine because you were in it, and goodness more real because you lived (Oscar Wilde Quotes) And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite (Oscar Wilde Quotes) You can’t possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It’s absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that (Oscar Wilde Quotes) We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Ever since I met you I have admired you more than any girl... I have ever met since... I met you (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old (Oscar Wilde Quotes) One’s days were too brief to take the burden of another’s errors on one’s shoulders. Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don’t think it right (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Algy, you always adopt a strictly immoral attitude towards life. You are not quite old enough to do that (Oscar Wilde Quotes) In fact, now you mention the subject, I have been very bad in my own small way. I don’t think you should be so proud of that, though I am sure it must have been very pleasant (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else (Oscar Wilde Quotes) No theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Behind the perfection of a man’s style, must lie the passion of a man’s soul (Oscar Wilde Quotes) You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy, and do destroy, but of the unseen beauty of life, of the unseen beauty of a higher life, you know nothing (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer (Oscar Wilde Quotes) What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I am afraid that woman appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection? (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Even now I cannot help feeling that it is a mistake to think that the passion one feels in creation is ever really shown in the work one creates (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment’s notice (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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