Oscar Wilde quotes - page 14

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde. (Oscar Wilde)
If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-eduacated. View quote
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I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real. View quote
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I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean. View quote
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The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble. For Chuang Tsǔ spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things. View quote
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She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm. View quote
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We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes... View quote
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Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets. View quote
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I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them. View quote
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody. View quote
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In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing. (Oscar Wilde)
They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about. View quote
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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others. View quote
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I never change, except in my affections. View quote
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It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world. View quote
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There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted. View quote
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To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up. View quote
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I could deny it if I liked. I could deny anything if I liked. View quote
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A kiss may ruin a human life. View quote
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Man is many things, but he is not rational. View quote
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An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young. (Oscar Wilde)
I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational. View quote
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Its a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes. View quote
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I am sick of women who love one. Women who hate one are much more interesting. View quote
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Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful. View quote
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