Irish - Dramatist | October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.
Oscar Wilde
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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
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Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
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I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
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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.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
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If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
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