Oscar Wilde quotes - page 3

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. (Oscar Wilde)
Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to. View quote
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The one charm of the past is that it is the past. View quote
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. View quote
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Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the complex. View quote
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A visionary is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world. View quote
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The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. View quote
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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. View quote
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...we live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. View quote
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Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands. View quote
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. (Oscar Wilde)
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. View quote
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. View quote
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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. View quote
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It is a very sad thing nowadays that there is so little useless information. View quote
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. View quote
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It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. View quote
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Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer. View quote
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We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. View quote
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Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. View quote
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. (Oscar Wilde)
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. View quote
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Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not. View quote
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. View quote
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The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future. View quote
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