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Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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No gentleman ever has any money.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Placerea este testul naturii, semnul ei aprobator.
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If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.
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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
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God, bless me with luxury. Necessities I can do without.
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When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.
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The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
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However, I think anything is better than high intellectual pressure. That is the most unbecoming thing there is. It makes the noses of the young girls so particularly large.
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The sky was pure opal now.
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As I lounged in the Park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at everyone who passed me, and wonder, with mad curiosity, what sort of lives they led. some of them fascinated me. Others filled me with terror.
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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.
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