Irish - Dramatist | October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar Wilde
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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I am not young enough to know everything.
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