Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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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Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
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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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Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.
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If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.
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Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.
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Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
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Every woman is a rebel.
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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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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
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A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
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The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.
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The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
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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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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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