Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
OSCAR WILDEWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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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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It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.
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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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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Men always want to be a woman’s first love – women like to be a man’s last romance.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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