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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet [more author details]

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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.: Oscar Wilde
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.: Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.: Oscar Wilde
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America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.: Oscar Wilde
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.: Oscar Wilde
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Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.: Oscar Wilde
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.: Oscar Wilde
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At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.: Oscar Wilde
Biography lends to death a new terror.: Oscar Wilde
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.: Oscar Wilde
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.: Oscar Wilde
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.: Oscar Wilde
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Genius is born--not paid.: Oscar Wilde
I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.: Oscar Wilde
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I am not young enough to know everything.: Oscar Wilde
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I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.: Oscar Wilde
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.: Oscar Wilde
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.: Oscar Wilde
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.: Oscar Wilde
It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.: Oscar Wilde
It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is fatal.: Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.: Oscar Wilde
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.: Oscar Wilde
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Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.: Oscar Wilde
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.: Oscar Wilde
Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.: Oscar Wilde
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.: Oscar Wilde
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.: Oscar Wilde
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.: Oscar Wilde

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