A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
OSCAR WILDEEvery portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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I can resist anything except temptation.
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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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I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
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A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.
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Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.
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I have nothing to declare except my genius.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.
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No good deed goes unpunished.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.
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I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after.
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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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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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