Oscar Wilde Quotes

To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

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When I went to America I had two secretaries, one for autographs, one for locks of hair. Within six months the one had died of writer's cramp, the other was completely bald.

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You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]

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The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.

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Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.

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When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

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A kiss may ruin a human life

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Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.

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Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.

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Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard in the air a beating of wings, a beating of giant wings. I cannot tell what they mean .... I am sad to-night. Therefore dance for me. Dance for me, Salomé, I beseech you. If you dance for me you may ask of me what you will, and I will give it you, even unto the half of my kingdom.

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Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.

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What do you call a bad man? The sort of man who admires innocence.

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Lord Darlington (LD): I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules. Lady Windemere (LW): If we had 'hard-and-fast rules' we would find life much simpler. LD: You allow of no exceptions? LW: None! LD: Ah, what a fascinating Puritan you are, LW. LW: The adjective was unnecessary, LD.

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I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. 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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To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.

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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

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Industry is the root of all ugliness.

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I must say... that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand.

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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

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