Oscar Wilde Quotes

Irish - Dramatist | October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

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ExperienceYouNothingGetOne Thing

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

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ShallowOnlySeriousnessRefuge

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

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GoodAdviceGood AdviceNeverAlways

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

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ImaginationSpiritCriticalImitates

Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.

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WifeSameMonogamyManyTooHaving

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

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WomenManTragedyBecomeMothers

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

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LifeImportantSeriouslyTalkFar

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

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FriendshipManFriendsHimEnemies

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

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WinningCardsPlayAlwaysShould

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

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RomanticWorldOthersRomanceCalls

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

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LoveBlindHatredWell

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

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WomanManRetreatBeginsBlocking

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