The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
OSCAR WILDEAnybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after.
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Hearts are made to be broken.
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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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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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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
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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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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
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Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
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To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
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I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
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