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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, part 2, 1891
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), An Ideal husband, 1893
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), In Life of Oscar Wilde, H. Pearson
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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