| 523 Famous Quotes by Oscar Wilde
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“By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.”
Men and women Quotes |
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“Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess.”
Moderation Quotes |
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“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.”
Morality Quotes |
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“Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.”
Music Quotes |
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“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”
Poetry Quotes |
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“All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.”
Poetry Quotes |
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“He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.”
Present Quotes |
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“Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.”
Religion / beliefs Quotes |
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“Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.”
Resolution Quotes |
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“Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.”
Scandal Quotes |
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“A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.”
Sentiment Quotes |
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“There is no sin except stupidity.”
Sin Quotes |
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“To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.”
Society Quotes |
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“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.”
Success Quotes |
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“If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.”
Sympathy Quotes |
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“Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life.”
Taste Quotes |
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“Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”
Teaching Quotes |
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“Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.”
Temper Quotes |
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“I can resist anything except temptation.”
Temptation Quotes |
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“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.”
Temptation Quotes |
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“Punctuality is the thief of time.”
Time Quotes |
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“The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.”
Truth Quotes |
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“Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.”
Vulgarity Quotes |
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Oscar Wilde Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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