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Oscar Wilde Quotes

When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else Picture Quote #1

I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing Picture Quote #1

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but molds it to its purpose Picture Quote #1

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to Picture Quote #1

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies Picture Quote #1

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being Picture Quote #1

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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else Picture Quote #1

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream Picture Quote #1

I always pass on good advice. It's the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself Picture Quote #1

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young Picture Quote #1

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want Picture Quote #1

A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection Picture Quote #1

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Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing. To morals belong the lower and less intellectual spheres Picture Quote #1

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live Picture Quote #1

I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house tops Picture Quote #1

Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence Picture Quote #1

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it Picture Quote #1

I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that Picture Quote #1

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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise Picture Quote #1

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect Picture Quote #1

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world Picture Quote #1

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all Picture Quote #1

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience Picture Quote #1

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul Picture Quote #1

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be Picture Quote #1

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Perhaps, after all, america never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected Picture Quote #1

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When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but molds it to its purpose (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I always pass on good advice. It's the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want (Oscar Wilde Quotes) A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing. To morals belong the lower and less intellectual spheres (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house tops (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that (Oscar Wilde Quotes) He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all (Oscar Wilde Quotes) In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason (Oscar Wilde Quotes) 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 (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul (Oscar Wilde Quotes) One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you (Oscar Wilde Quotes) 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 (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Perhaps, after all, america never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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