Oscar Wilde quotes - page 36

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. (Oscar Wilde)
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.... View quote
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Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else. View quote
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. View quote
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I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. View quote
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And all the woe that moved him so That he gave that bitter cry the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats None knew so well as I: For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die. View quote
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You are what you read. View quote
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Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. The sense of humor was given to console him from what is. View quote
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But youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. View quote
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When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money. View quote
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I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. (Oscar Wilde)
So with curious eyes and sick surmise We watched him day by day, And wondered if each one of us Would end the self-same way, For none can tell to what red Hell His sightless soul may stray. View quote
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From the moment I met you, your personality had the most extraordinary influence over me. I was dominated, soul brain and power. View quote
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Jack: "Gwendolen, wait here for me.” Gwendolen: "If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. View quote
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To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul. View quote
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High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. View quote
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It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. View quote
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You are a sceptic." "Never! Scepticism is the beginning of faith." "What are you?" "To define is to limit. View quote
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In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. View quote
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Never mind what I say. I am always saying what I shouldn't say. In fact, I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood. View quote
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How pale the Princess is! Never have I seen her so pale. She is like the shadow of a white rose in a mirror of silver. (Oscar Wilde)
To look wise is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier. View quote
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Friendship... is not something you learn in school, but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you really haven't learned anything. View quote
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because to influence a person is to give one's own soul. View quote
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It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place. View quote
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