Tag: Oscar Wilde
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It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Oscar Wilde
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.
Oscar Wilde
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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.
Oscar Wilde
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Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us.
Oscar Wilde
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Oscar Wilde
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A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.
Oscar Wilde
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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde
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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Oscar Wilde