Oscar Wilde
Irish writer
Lived from: 1854 - 1900
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
Ireland
Born: 16 october 1854 Died: 30 november 1900
Quotes 181 till 200 of 517.
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In married life three is company two is none.
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
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In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in its mouth much bigger than itself.
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In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.
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It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.
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It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
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It is a very dangerous thing to know one's friends.
The Remarkable Rocket (1888)― Oscar Wilde -
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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It is always the unreadable that occurs.
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It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.
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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.
The picture of Dorian Gray― Oscar Wilde -
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
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It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.
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It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.
― Oscar Wilde
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