Oscar Wilde quotes - page 34

Twenty years of romance makes a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage makes her something like a public building. (Oscar Wilde)
It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind. -Algernon. View quote
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Crying is the refuge of plain women, but the ruin of pretty ones. View quote
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God and other artists are always a little obscure..... View quote
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Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything. View quote
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George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar. View quote
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You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[. ]. View quote
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Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. View quote
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There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God. View quote
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Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do. View quote
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Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor. (Oscar Wilde)
Ideals are dangerous things. Realities are better. They wound, but they're better. View quote
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Oh, I don't care about Jack. I don't care for anybody in the whole world but you. I love you, Cecily. You will marry me, won't you? You silly boy! Of course. Why, we have been engaged for the last three months. For the last three months? View quote
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Do you smoke? Well, yes, I must admit I smoke. I'm glad to hear of it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind. View quote
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You and I will always be friends." "Yet you poisoned me with a book once. I should not forgive that. View quote
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There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession. View quote
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But what world says that [I'm wicked]? It can only be the next world. This world and I are on excellent terms. View quote
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Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything. Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it. View quote
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Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for. View quote
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The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability. View quote
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Only love can keep anyone alive... (Oscar Wilde)
When a golden girl can win Prayer from out the lips of sin, When the barren almond bears, And a little child gives away its tears, Then shall all the house be still And peace come to Canterville. View quote
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I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss. View quote
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How long could you love a woman who didn't love you, Cecil? A woman who didn't love me? Oh, all my life! View quote
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Oscar Wilde was suing the Marquis of Queensbury in 1895 for libel accusing Wilde of homosexuality Counsel: Have you ever adored a young man madly? Wilde: I have never given adoration to anyone except myself. View quote
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