Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 8

• Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.

  Oscar Wilde

  Thinking, Errors, Risk

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• I beg your pardon I didn't recognise you - I've changed a lot.

  Oscar Wilde

  Recognise You, I've Changed, Pardon

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• Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

  Oscar Wilde

  Appreciation, Struggle, Appreciate You

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.36, GENERAL PRESS

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• Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sometimes, Unnecessary

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• By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Ignorance

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.697, GENERAL PRESS

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• The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Emotion

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (more than 150 Works)”, p.1709, e-artnow

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• I don't want to earn my living, I want to live.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Life, Meaningful

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• Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Horse, Entrepreneur

  Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books

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• You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid

  Oscar Wilde

  Dream, Art, Stupid

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• The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Relationship, Essence

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.104, Wordsworth Editions

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• Nothing worth knowing can be taught.

  Oscar Wilde

  Graduation, Knowing, Taught

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• I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Boyfriend

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.452, Wordsworth Editions

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• The only way to get rid of tempation is to yeild to it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Way

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• Some things are too important to be taken seriously.

  Oscar Wilde

  Taken, Important

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• To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

  Oscar Wilde

  Mediocrity

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.116, Courier Corporation

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• Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

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  Funny, Witty, Being Yourself

  Intentions "The Critic as Artist" pt. 2 (1891)

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• How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Marriage, Valentines Day

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• A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Mistress, Vacancy

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• There is no sin except stupidity.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Stupid, Silly

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

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• Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

  Oscar Wilde

  Fashion, Purpose, Dressing Well

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• I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to.

  Oscar Wilde

  Past, Amusing

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• Talent borrows, genius steals!

  Oscar Wilde

  Genius, Talent, Stealing

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• I have never killed anyone, but I have often read about some guy getting his ass taken out with great pleasure

  Oscar Wilde

  Taken, Guy, Ass

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• Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

  Oscar Wilde

  Sarcasm, Form, Wit

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• Ah! realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.

  Oscar Wilde

  Giving, Ignorant, Listening

  Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.28, Prestwick House Inc

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