Oscar Wilde Quotes

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  Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

  Oscar Wilde

  Past, Judging, Judgemental

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• Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

  Oscar Wilde

  Motivational, Being Happy, Being Yourself

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  To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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• An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.

  Oscar Wilde

  Glasses, Optimism, Needs

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• Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.

  Oscar Wilde

  Pleasure

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• Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Happiness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

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  Fighting, Waiting, Wells

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• It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beauty, Heart, Personality

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• Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.

  Oscar Wilde

  Live Your Life, Wish, Selfishness

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• Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

  Oscar Wilde

  Lasts, Conformity, Refuge

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• Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Cat

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• The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.

  Oscar Wilde

  Wisdom, Needs, Answers

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• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

  Oscar Wilde

  Age, Sometimes

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• Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Hilarious

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• Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.

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  Love, Life, Best Friend

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.103, Wordsworth Editions

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• A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

  Oscar Wilde

  Opportunity, Optimism, Complaining

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• Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose.

  Oscar Wilde

  God, Cat, Stupidity

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• The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Jobs

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• To look at a thing is very different from seeing it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Vision, Different, Looks

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.753, GENERAL PRESS

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• Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

  Oscar Wilde

  Perseverance, Tired, Men

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• Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

  Oscar Wilde

  Graduation, Education, Time

  Epigrams: Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young Sebastian Melmoth

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  What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Success, Hope

  Oscar Wilde (1984). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.41, Dramatic Publishing

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• They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.

  Oscar Wilde

  Dream, Chaos, Nightmare

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• God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I'm hostile, & the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Law, People

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