To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
OSCAR WILDEThe basis of optimism is sheer terror.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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I can resist anything except temptation.
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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
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I have nothing to declare except my genius.
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
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After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
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The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.
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