The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
OSCAR WILDEWho, being loved, is poor?
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
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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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The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
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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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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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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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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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Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.
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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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Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
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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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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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