Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
OSCAR WILDEThe books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
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Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.
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I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.
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To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
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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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We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
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