Oscar Wilde quotes - page 2

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. (Oscar Wilde)
I can resist everything except temptation. View quote
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. View quote
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Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive. View quote
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When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy. View quote
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Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. View quote
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There is no sin except stupidity. View quote
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes. View quote
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Only the shallow know themselves. View quote
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. View quote
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The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. (Oscar Wilde)
The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. View quote
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Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken. View quote
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The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young. View quote
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In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever. View quote
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Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know. View quote
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. View quote
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True friends stab you in the front. View quote
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. View quote
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. View quote
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I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones. (Oscar Wilde)
I am not young enough to know everything. View quote
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. View quote
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Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them. View quote
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world. View quote
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