Oscar Wilde Quotes, Culture Quotes, Half Quotes

More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read.

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The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.

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It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting

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We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.

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A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.

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I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real.

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And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him.

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Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.

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I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.

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The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.

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To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.

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As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg

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Sphinxes without secrets.

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It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.

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The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain.

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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.

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No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

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Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art

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There is no Mystery so great as Misery.

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