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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
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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.
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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
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Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.
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No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime.
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He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.
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Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
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We live in the age of the overworked and the undereducated.
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