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.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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

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  Inspirational, Funny, Cat

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

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  Funny, Life, Happiness

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

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• The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Secret, Life Is

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• Nature: a place where birds fly around uncooked

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  Nature, Bird, Environment

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• Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.

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  Pleasure

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• If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.

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  Men, Names, Panic

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

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  Beauty, Heart, Personality

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• In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.

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  Strong, War, Rich

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “Oscar Wilde The Dover Reader”, p.267, Courier Dover Publications

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  Women are made to be loved, not understood.

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  Love, Funny, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.3, Oscar Wilde

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• If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.

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  Inspirational, Writing, Thinking

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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.

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  Live Your Life, Wish, Selfishness

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• A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

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  Book, Reading, Writing

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

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  Inspirational, Success, Hope

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

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  The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

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  Funny, Happy Birthday, Growing Up

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

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• Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.

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  Stars, Men, Two

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

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  Wisdom, Needs, Answers

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• I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

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  Friendship, Best Friend, Real Friends

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  We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

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  Life, Truth, Age

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.819, GENERAL PRESS

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• Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

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  Moderation, All Things, Including

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• True contentment is not having everything, but in being satisfied with everything you have.

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  Contentment, Satisfied

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

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  Age, Sometimes

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