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Oscar Wilde Quotes

By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful Picture Quote #1

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analysed, women... Merely adored Picture Quote #1

In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in it's mouth much bigger than itself Picture Quote #1

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life Picture Quote #1

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar Picture Quote #1

Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets Picture Quote #1

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To have friends, you know, one need only be good natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him Picture Quote #1

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity Picture Quote #1

The Governor was strong upon the Regulations Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: and twice a day the Chaplain called, and left a little tract Picture Quote #1

There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community Picture Quote #1

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art Picture Quote #1

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about Picture Quote #1

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The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them Picture Quote #1

And yet, and yet, these Christs that die upon the barricades, God knows it I am with them, in some ways Picture Quote #1

Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to draughts Picture Quote #1

It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world Picture Quote #1

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit Picture Quote #1

Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools should be the streets Picture Quote #1

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Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals Picture Quote #1

His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language Picture Quote #1

In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people... The Japanese people are... Simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art Picture Quote #1

Through our sunless lanes creeps poverty with her hungry eyes, and sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and shame sits with us at night Picture Quote #1

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything Picture Quote #1

The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature Picture Quote #1

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Wordsworth went to the lakes, but he was never a lake poet. He found in stones the sermons he had already hidden there Picture Quote #1

It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produced a false impression Picture Quote #1

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening Picture Quote #1

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life Picture Quote #1

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to it's purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac Picture Quote #1

Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on Earth is the use of them? they seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility Picture Quote #1

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By persistently remaining single, a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation. Men should be more careful (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analysed, women... Merely adored (Oscar Wilde Quotes) In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in it's mouth much bigger than itself (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets (Oscar Wilde Quotes) To have friends, you know, one need only be good natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The Governor was strong upon the Regulations Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: and twice a day the Chaplain called, and left a little tract (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art (Oscar Wilde Quotes) He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them (Oscar Wilde Quotes) And yet, and yet, these Christs that die upon the barricades, God knows it I am with them, in some ways (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to draughts (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be in San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world (Oscar Wilde Quotes) She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools should be the streets (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals (Oscar Wilde Quotes) His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language (Oscar Wilde Quotes) In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people... The Japanese people are... Simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Through our sunless lanes creeps poverty with her hungry eyes, and sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the morning and shame sits with us at night (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Wordsworth went to the lakes, but he was never a lake poet. He found in stones the sermons he had already hidden there (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produced a false impression (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening (Oscar Wilde Quotes) All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to it's purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on Earth is the use of them? they seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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