The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
OSCAR WILDEIndeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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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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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.
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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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To define is to limit.
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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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Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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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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To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
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When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one’s self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
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You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
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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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I am not young enough to know everything.
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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
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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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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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A good friend will always stab you in the front.
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With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?
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