Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
OSCAR WILDEThere is no sin except stupidity.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
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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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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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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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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
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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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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
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Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.
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I can resist anything except temptation.
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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
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To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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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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A good friend will always stab you in the front.
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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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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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Every woman is a rebel.
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To define is to limit.
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I don’t want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.
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Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.
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Hearts are made to be broken.
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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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Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
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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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