Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
OSCAR WILDEExperience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.
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Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
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Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
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To define is to limit.
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Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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