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10 Quotes for 'Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde)' in the Database.
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Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde) Quotes
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The wild Bee reels from bough to bough
With his furry coat and his gauzy wing,
Now in a lily cup, and now
Setting a jacinth bell a-swing,
In his wandering.
Topic: Bees
Source: Her Voice
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There is a tiny yellow daffodil,
The butterfly can see it from afar,
Although one summer evening's dew could fill
Its little cup twice over, ere the star
Had called the lazy shepherd to his fold,
And be no prodigal.
Topic: Daffodils
Source: The Burden of Stys
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked
about, and that is not being talked about.
Topic: Gossip
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be
wicked and being really good all the time. That would be
hypocrisy.
Topic: Hypocrisy
Source: Importance of Being Earnest (act II)
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Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
Topic: Last Words
Source: his last words
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Tell them I've had a wonderful life.
Topic: Last Words
Source: his last words
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No
man does. That is his.
Topic: Motherhood
Source: Importance of Being Earnest (act I)
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Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It
merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at
best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as
often as possible.
Topic: Passion
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.
Topic: Stupidity
Source: An Ideal Husband (act II)
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There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has
a longer shelf life.
Topic: Stupidity
Source: An Ideal Husband (act II)
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