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.
OSCAR WILDEQuotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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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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Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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I have nothing to declare except my genius.
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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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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
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Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
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He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
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I can resist anything except temptation.
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If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
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