Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 8

• A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

  Oscar Wilde

  Book, Reading, Writing

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• To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Life, Confidence

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

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• I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

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  Attitude, Air, Expression

  Oscar Wilde (2017). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.54, Pan Macmillan

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• Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.

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  Love, Dream, Forgiving

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.204, Wordsworth Editions

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• Wisdom comes with winters

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  Life, Wisdom, Winter

  Oscar Wilde (2008). “A Selection: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.227, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Every woman is a rebel.

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  Rebel

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.19, Wordsworth Editions

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• The good we get from art is not what we learn from it; it is what we become through it.

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  Art, Art Is

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Essays and Lectures”, p.76, Xist Publishing

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• Only the shallow know themselves.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.209, Courier Corporation

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• How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Marriage, Valentines Day

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• Some things are more precious because they don't last long.

  Oscar Wilde

  Death, Long, Lasts

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• A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.124, Wordsworth Editions

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• Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Spiritual

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• Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

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  Attitude, Belief, Shallow

  Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.18, New Line Publishing

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• Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Hilarious

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories”, p.75, eBookIt.com

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• Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Being Yourself

  Intentions "The Critic as Artist" pt. 2 (1891)

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• A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Mistress, Vacancy

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• Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

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  Funny, Life, Witty

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

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• When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sports, Special, Oscars

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• Some things are too important to be taken seriously.

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  Taken, Important

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• Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

  Oscar Wilde

  Luxury, Extravagance, Rich

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.187, Wordsworth Editions

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• Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.

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  Life, Good Life, Sometimes

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• Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.

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  Faith, Heart, Two

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.93, Wordsworth Editions

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• You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid

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  Dream, Art, Stupid

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• I walk the world in wonder.

  Oscar Wilde

  Joy, World, Wonder

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• But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.

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  Pain, True Friend, Mean

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.346, Wordsworth Editions

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