Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
OSCAR WILDEThere is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Hearts are made to be broken.
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.
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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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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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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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We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
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Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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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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Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
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Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world’s original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
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Who, being loved, is poor?
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Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
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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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You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.
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The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
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After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
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