Oscar Wilde quotes - page 9

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know. (Oscar Wilde)
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. View quote
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What fire does not destroy, it hardens. View quote
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Any place you love is the world to you. View quote
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It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself. View quote
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Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable. View quote
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. View quote
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I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. View quote
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By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. View quote
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Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. View quote
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. (Oscar Wilde)
We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful. View quote
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All great ideas are dangerous. View quote
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The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. View quote
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I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit. View quote
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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. View quote
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It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest. View quote
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives. View quote
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Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. View quote
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I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living. View quote
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Nothing is impossible in Russia but reform. (Oscar Wilde)
If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out. View quote
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The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for 300 years. View quote
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less. View quote
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When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own. View quote
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