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Oscar Wilde Quotes

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered Picture Quote #1

Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live Picture Quote #1

I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you Picture Quote #1

Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life Picture Quote #1

Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs Picture Quote #1

I hope you hair curls naturally, does it? Yes, darling, with a little help from others Picture Quote #1

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I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity Picture Quote #1

The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless Picture Quote #1

I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy Picture Quote #1

There is one thing infinitely more pathetic than to have lost the woman one is in love with, and that is to have won her and found out how shallow she is! Picture Quote #1

Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is Picture Quote #1

Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt, a grave heresy, but it is also a fact Picture Quote #1

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To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual Picture Quote #1

I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope Picture Quote #1

I was dominated, soul, brain, and power by you. You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream Picture Quote #1

The fatal errors of life are not due to man’s being unreasonable: an unreasonable moment may be one’s finest moment. They are due to man’s being logical Picture Quote #1

Every woman becomes their mother. That’s their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That’s his tragedy Picture Quote #1

Love! What is love? It’s nothing. It’s just a word. It doesn’t exist. Only pleasure is important Picture Quote #1

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When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy Picture Quote #1

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life Picture Quote #1

We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful Picture Quote #1

If we’re always guided by other people’s thoughts, what’s the point in having our own? Picture Quote #1

Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern Picture Quote #1

Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window Picture Quote #1

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Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself Picture Quote #1

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched Picture Quote #1

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important Picture Quote #1

I don’t know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact Picture Quote #1

It was you I thought of all the time, I gave to them the love you did not need: lavished on them a love that was not theirs Picture Quote #1

Muffins should always be eaten quite calmly, as it is the only way to eat them! Picture Quote #1

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The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I hope you hair curls naturally, does it? Yes, darling, with a little help from others (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy (Oscar Wilde Quotes) There is one thing infinitely more pathetic than to have lost the woman one is in love with, and that is to have won her and found out how shallow she is! (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt, a grave heresy, but it is also a fact (Oscar Wilde Quotes) To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I was dominated, soul, brain, and power by you. You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream (Oscar Wilde Quotes) The fatal errors of life are not due to man’s being unreasonable: an unreasonable moment may be one’s finest moment. They are due to man’s being logical (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Every woman becomes their mother. That’s their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That’s his tragedy (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Love! What is love? It’s nothing. It’s just a word. It doesn’t exist. Only pleasure is important (Oscar Wilde Quotes) When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life (Oscar Wilde Quotes) We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful (Oscar Wilde Quotes) If we’re always guided by other people’s thoughts, what’s the point in having our own? (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Veil after veil of thin dusky gauze is lifted, and by degrees the forms and colours of things are restored to them, and we watch the dawn remaking the world in its antique pattern (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched (Oscar Wilde Quotes) My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important (Oscar Wilde Quotes) I don’t know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact (Oscar Wilde Quotes) It was you I thought of all the time, I gave to them the love you did not need: lavished on them a love that was not theirs (Oscar Wilde Quotes) Muffins should always be eaten quite calmly, as it is the only way to eat them! (Oscar Wilde Quotes)

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