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Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
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I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.
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Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval.
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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
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When good Americans die, they go to Paris Where do bad Americans go? They stay in America
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The Governor was strong upon The Regulation Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day the Chaplain called, And left a little tract.
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The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.
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Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.
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It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institutions of private property.
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I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go others, whenever they go.
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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .
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The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.
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