Oscar Wilde quotes - page 5

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly. (Oscar Wilde)
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. View quote
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. View quote
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Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more. View quote
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It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal. View quote
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Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event. View quote
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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. View quote
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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. View quote
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing. View quote
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Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. View quote
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Illusion is the first of all pleasures. (Oscar Wilde)
Why was I born with such contemporaries? View quote
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. View quote
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. View quote
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. View quote
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Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. View quote
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. View quote
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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. View quote
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I like men who have a future and women who have a past. View quote
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Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. View quote
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One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. (Oscar Wilde)
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. View quote
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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. View quote
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This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. View quote
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. View quote
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