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Oscar Wilde Quotes

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone Picture Quote #1

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty and to someone else if she is plain Picture Quote #1

An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be Picture Quote #1

Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk Picture Quote #1

It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read Picture Quote #1

I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing Picture Quote #1

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Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die Picture Quote #1

Mothers, of course, are all right. They pay a chap's bills and don't bother him. But fathers bother a chap and never pay his bills Picture Quote #1

When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand Picture Quote #1

The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man. And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? Picture Quote #1

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy Picture Quote #1

The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable Picture Quote #1

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Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One must eat muffins quite calmly, it is the only way to eat them Picture Quote #1

To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable Picture Quote #1

Thirty five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty five for years Picture Quote #1

Oh, I love London society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what society should be Picture Quote #1

Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world Picture Quote #1

Musical people are so absurdly unreasonable. They always want one to be perfectly dumb a the very moment when one is longing to be absolutely deaf Picture Quote #1

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All sins, except a sin against itself, love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon Picture Quote #1

Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose Picture Quote #1

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

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited Picture Quote #1

Now don't stir. I'll be back in five minutes. And don't fall into any temptations while I am away Picture Quote #1

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Man reaches his perfection, not through what he has, not even through what he does, but entirely through what he is Picture Quote #1

The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever Picture Quote #1

High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people Picture Quote #1

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and degrades those over whom it is exercised Picture Quote #1

A map of the world that does not include utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which humanity is always landing Picture Quote #1

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I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty and to someone else if she is plain (Oscar Wilde Quotes) An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Of course the music is a great difficulty. You see, if one plays good music, people don't listen, and if one plays bad music people don't talk (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Mothers, of course, are all right. They pay a chap's bills and don't bother him. But fathers bother a chap and never pay his bills (Oscar Wilde Quotes) When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man. And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not? (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One must eat muffins quite calmly, it is the only way to eat them (Oscar Wilde Quotes) To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Thirty five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty five for years (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Oh, I love London society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what society should be (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Musical people are so absurdly unreasonable. They always want one to be perfectly dumb a the very moment when one is longing to be absolutely deaf (Oscar Wilde Quotes) All sins, except a sin against itself, love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Do you really think, arthur, that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Now don't stir. I'll be back in five minutes. And don't fall into any temptations while I am away (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion (Oscar Wilde Quotes) 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 (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Man reaches his perfection, not through what he has, not even through what he does, but entirely through what he is (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever (Oscar Wilde Quotes) High hopes were once formed of democracy; but democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people (Oscar Wilde Quotes) All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and degrades those over whom it is exercised (Oscar Wilde Quotes) A map of the world that does not include utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which humanity is always landing (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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