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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Irish writer

Lived from: 1854 - 1900

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagIreland

Born: 16 october 1854 Died: 30 november 1900

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  • I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.
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  • I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.
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  • I hate vulgar realism in literature. 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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  • I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.
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  • I have nothing to declare except my genius.
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  • I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
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  • I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.
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  • I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in goal is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
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  • I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life.
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  • I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
    Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) h. 15
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  • I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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  • I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
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  • I love acting. It is so much more real than life.
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  • I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
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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.
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  • I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky.
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  • I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train
    Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
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  • I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
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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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  • I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
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