164 quotes by Oscar Wilde

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Some cause happiness wherever they go others whenever they go.” — Oscar Wilde

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“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

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“It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.” — Oscar Wilde

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“It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.” — Oscar Wilde

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“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.” — Oscar Wilde

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“I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” — Oscar Wilde

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“There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.” — Oscar Wilde

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“The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.” — Oscar Wilde

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“I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.” — Oscar Wilde

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“The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.” — Oscar Wilde

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“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” — Oscar Wilde

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“In married life three is company and two none.” — Oscar Wilde

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“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.” — Oscar Wilde

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“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.” — Oscar Wilde

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“A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.” — Oscar Wilde

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“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.” — Oscar Wilde

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