Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
OSCAR WILDEThe basis of optimism is sheer terror.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.
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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.
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Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
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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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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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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.
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You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
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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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