Oscar Wilde
Irish writer
Lived from: 1854 - 1900
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
Ireland
Born: 16 october 1854 Died: 30 november 1900
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A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.
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All art is quite useless.
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An ordinary man away from home giving advice.
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Charity creates a multitude of sins.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.
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Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
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There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
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A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
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A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
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Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
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Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
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Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.
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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
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Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - Ah! there is the sting of life.
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Punctuality is the thief of time. Wilde I never travel without my diary. One should always have Something sensational to read in the train.
― Oscar Wilde
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