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Oscar Wilde Quotes

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it Picture Quote #1

I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky Picture Quote #1

Yet each man kills the thing he loves by each let this be heard, some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word, the coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword! Picture Quote #1

It is sweet to dance to violins when love and life are fair: to dance to flutes, to dance to lutes is delicate and rare: but it is not sweet with nimble feet to dance upon the air! Picture Quote #1

And 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 Picture Quote #1

And alien tears will fill for him pity's long broken urn, for his mourners will be outcast men, and outcasts always mourn Picture Quote #1

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The vilest deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air; it is only what is good in man that wastes and withers there; pale anguish keeps the heavy gate and the warder is despair Picture Quote #1

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse Picture Quote #1

When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul? Picture Quote #1

For a sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it Picture Quote #1

At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps it's chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets Picture Quote #1

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again Picture Quote #1

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Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays Picture Quote #1

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for Picture Quote #1

To disagree with three fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity Picture Quote #1

One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember it's details. Details are always vulgar Picture Quote #1

The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated Picture Quote #1

I don't play accurately - any one can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for life Picture Quote #1

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Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers there Picture Quote #1

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture Picture Quote #1

But what is the difference between literature and journalism?... Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all Picture Quote #1

One is tempted to define man as 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

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them Picture Quote #1

Nowadays 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

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself Picture Quote #1

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror Picture Quote #1

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution Picture Quote #1

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable Picture Quote #1

When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs Picture Quote #1

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success Picture Quote #1

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The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Yet each man kills the thing he loves by each let this be heard, some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word, the coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword! (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It is sweet to dance to violins when love and life are fair: to dance to flutes, to dance to lutes is delicate and rare: but it is not sweet with nimble feet to dance upon the air! (Oscar Wilde Quotes) And 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 (Oscar Wilde Quotes) And alien tears will fill for him pity's long broken urn, for his mourners will be outcast men, and outcasts always mourn (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The vilest deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air; it is only what is good in man that wastes and withers there; pale anguish keeps the heavy gate and the warder is despair (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse (Oscar Wilde Quotes) When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul? (Oscar Wilde Quotes) For a sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it (Oscar Wilde Quotes) At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps it's chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for (Oscar Wilde Quotes) To disagree with three fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity (Oscar Wilde Quotes) One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember it's details. Details are always vulgar (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I don't play accurately - any one can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers there (Oscar Wilde Quotes) To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture (Oscar Wilde Quotes) But what is the difference between literature and journalism?... Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all (Oscar Wilde Quotes) One is tempted to define man as 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) Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Nowadays 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) The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution (Oscar Wilde Quotes) To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable (Oscar Wilde Quotes) When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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