Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 7

• Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Cynical, Fairness

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.57, Wordsworth Editions

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• To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

  Oscar Wilde

  Birthday, Exercise, Up Early

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19 (1891)

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• The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.

  Oscar Wilde

  Feelings, World, Deeds

  "God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World". Book by Dean Nelson, September 1, 2009.

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• The one charm of the past is that it is the past.

  Oscar Wilde

  Past, Charm, Past Present Future

  Oscar Wilde, Moira Muldoon (2005). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.64, Oscar Wilde

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• The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Soul

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.168, Courier Corporation

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• A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• Life is too short to be in a hurry.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life Is Too Short, Life Is, Too Short

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• Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

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• Without order nothing can exist-without chaos nothing can evolve. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Thoughtful, Order, People

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 4 (1891). In Wilde's play LadyWindermere's Fan, act 3 (1892), Lord Darlington replies to the question "What is a cynic?": "A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

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• Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

  Oscar Wilde

  Real, Individuality, Society

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• We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.

  Oscar Wilde

  Evil, World, Criminal Mind

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.476, Wordsworth Editions

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• The world is made by the singer for the dreamer.

  Oscar Wilde

  Dreamer, World, Singers

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “Intentions”, p.103, 1st World Publishing

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• The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

  Oscar Wilde

  History, Duty

  1891 Intentions, 'The Critic as Artist'.

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• What fire does not destroy, it hardens

  Oscar Wilde

  Fire, Doe

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.220, Wordsworth Editions

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• They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beauty, Beautiful, Mean

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.11, Prestwick House Inc

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• An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Friendship, Funny Friend, Men

  Quoted in George Bernard Shaw, Letter to Ellen Terry, 25 Sept. 1896 See Wilde 39

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• There is no sin except stupidity.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Stupid, Silly

  'The Critic as Artist' pt. 2 in 'Intentions' (1891)

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• The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Relationship, Essence

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.104, Wordsworth Editions

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• Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

  Oscar Wilde

  Success, Congratulations, Succeeding In Life

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.68, Wordsworth Editions

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• Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcasm, Form, Wit

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• A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men

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• One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.144, Penguin

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• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

  Oscar Wilde

  Greatness, Mediocrity, Pay

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• The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Dream, Future

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.568, Wordsworth Editions

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