The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
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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We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.
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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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The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.
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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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If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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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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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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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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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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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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To define is to limit.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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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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To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
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Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.
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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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