He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
OSCAR WILDEI don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one’s self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
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No good deed goes unpunished.
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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?
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I can resist anything except temptation.
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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 choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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