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1490005 Experience, the name men give to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
f3bb93e When a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him. Oscar Wilde
88103b3 Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do. Oscar Wilde
9da45bb E]verybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching. Oscar Wilde
3ad1bdc It is always the unreadable that occurs. Oscar Wilde
db8a4e3 His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. Oscar Wilde
f30540b Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. Oscar Wilde
d56e572 Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde
235c289 Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography. Oscar Wilde
4ab9351 Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived. Oscar Wilde
3860ca5 Oh! journalism is unreadable, and literature is not read. Oscar Wilde
3be45a6 What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours. Ownership
17dadbe Action ... is the last resource of those who know not how to dream. Oscar Wilde
e771e7d Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde
4a26eb3 Charity creates a multitude of sins. Oscar Wilde
3c13e85 As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg. Oscar Wilde
d474249 Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority. Oscar Wilde
2934829 In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press. Oscar Wilde
6724600 In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever. Oscar Wilde
8bc0462 I can resist everything except temptation. Oscar Wilde
7dee26d Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it. Oscar Wilde
2950154 I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly. Oscar Wilde
cb12e82 My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's. Oscar Wilde
f1752aa Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Oscar Wilde
3545c56 What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us. Oscar Wilde
53f4f6e The growing influence of women is the one reassuring thing in our political life. Oscar Wilde
e819cc4 The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years. Oscar Wilde
c6c3771 Lord Illingworth: Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. Oscar Wilde
7b88fe5 I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living. Oscar Wilde
549c95a Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing succeeds like excess. Oscar Wilde
64c6ca7 It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. Oscar Wilde
7d8b39b Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer. Oscar Wilde
b1003e2 Those whom the gods love grow young. Oscar Wilde
aff6c4b Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions. Oscar Wilde
a3d3f8a Patriotism is the vice of nations. Oscar Wilde
d476d55 Only the shallow know themselves. Oscar Wilde
6952736 In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer. Oscar Wilde
9ecb1b9 To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. Oscar Wilde
79d2b20 One should always be a little improbable. Oscar Wilde
c0677b1 Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? Oscar Wilde
850992e Ah! That must be Aunt Augusta. Only relatives, or creditors, ever ring in that Wagnerian manner. Oscar Wilde
157f9ce An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant as the case may be. Oscar Wilde
b1001ab All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. Oscar Wilde
ad8564a In married life, three is company, and two is none. Oscar Wilde