I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
OSCAR WILDEMost people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
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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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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
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Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.
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One should always be in love. That’s the reason one should never marry.
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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
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After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
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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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