Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 5

• There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

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  Funny, Life, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.37, BoD – Books on Demand

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• Live the wonderful life that is in you.

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  Life, Wonderful, Wonderful Life

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.25, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• I have nothing to declare but my genius, and this four-kilo bag of cocaine.

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  Bags, Genius, Four

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• We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. We all have clouds above us but some see their silver linings. We all face difficulties but some of us are grateful that they aren't worse.

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  Gratitude, Stars, Grateful

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• If we're always guided by other people's thoughts, what's the point in having our own?

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  People, Ifs

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• I have a simple taste, only the best.

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  Simple, Luxury, Taste

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• Don't use big words. They mean so little.

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  Mean, Marketing, Use

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “An Ideal Husband”, p.58, Courier Corporation

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• One's dreams must be big enough so as not to lose sight of them.

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  Dream, Sight, Enough

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• One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.187, Penguin

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• Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

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  Eye, Men, History

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism". Essay by Oscar Wilde, 1891.

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• Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.127, Courier Corporation

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• The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?

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  Stars, Moon, Heaven

  Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

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• Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

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  Funny, Marriage, Couple

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• A mask tells us more than a face.

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  Faces, Mask

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.848, GENERAL PRESS

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• The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

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  Memories, Men, Poor

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• Where your life leads you, you must go

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• Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

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  Love, Inspirational, Friendship

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.33, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

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  Love, Funny, Boyfriend

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.452, Wordsworth Editions

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• Circumstances should never alter principles!

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  Principles, Should, Circumstances

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “An Ideal Husband”, p.33, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

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  Funny, Life, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Reviews”, p.121, Oscar Wilde

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• Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

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  Friendship, Love You, Love Is

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Happy Prince and Other Tales”, Xist Publishing

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• Love is a misunderstanding between two fools.

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  Love, Dream, Two

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• Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Inspiring

  An Ideal Husband act 2 (1895)

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• You can never be overdressed or overeducated.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Education

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• The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

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  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.810, GENERAL PRESS

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