Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 16

• If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Long, Waiting

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• I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.

  Oscar Wilde

  Simple, Men, Suits

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• I don't recognize you - I've changed a lot.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, I've Changed

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• The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Stupid, Silly, Men

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “A Critic in Pall Mall”, p.214, Oscar Wilde

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• I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Travel

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.50, Prestwick House Inc

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• Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

  Oscar Wilde

  Soul And Body, Differences, Soul

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.210, Courier Corporation

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• A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Unique, People

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.270, University of Chicago Press

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• My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

  Oscar Wilde

  Respect, Mistake, Being Different

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• What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

  Oscar Wilde

  Use, Lessons, Pity

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.4, Oscar Wilde

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• At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.

  Oscar Wilde

  Single Mom, Destiny, Moments

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.109, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world. I cannot conceive of any other explanation. I am convinced that there is no other, and that if the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. Pleasure for the beautiful body, but pain for the beautiful soul.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, Pain, Men

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1079, Wordsworth Editions

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• If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Optimism

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.488, Wordsworth Editions

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• The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.

  Oscar Wilde

  Self, Tragedy, Denial

  Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.185, Courier Corporation

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• It is awfully hard work doing nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Hard Work, Doing Nothing, Importance Of Being Earnest

  Oscar Wilde (1899). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.46

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• Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

  Oscar Wilde

  Memories, Philosophical, Diaries

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.34, Prestwick House Inc

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• Time is a waste of money.

  Oscar Wilde

  Time, Money, Waste

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• She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

  Oscar Wilde

  Fashion, Maturity, Night

  1895 Lord Goring. An Ideal Husband, act 2.

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• Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

  Oscar Wilde

  Failure, Taste, Excuse

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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• The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

  Oscar Wilde

  Believe, Class, Two

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.60, BoD – Books on Demand

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• To be in love is to surpass one's self.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Love Is, Self

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.62, Prestwick House Inc

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• A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Sarcasm

  'The Critic as Artist' pt. 2 in 'Intentions' (1891)

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• Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.

  Oscar Wilde

  Color, Soul, Different

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.319, Penguin

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• Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.

  Oscar Wilde

  Consistency, Hallmark

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• What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

  'Lady Windermere's Fan' (1892) act 3

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• If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.

  Oscar Wilde

  Architecture, Mankind, Ifs

  Oscar Wilde (2000). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.215, OUP Oxford

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