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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.
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If God really wanted to punish, he'd answer all our prayers.
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Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
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Her trust makes me faithful, her belief makes me good.
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An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.
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Education is very admirable but let us not forget that anything worth knowing cannot be taught.
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Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
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You told me you had destroyed it. I was wrong. It has destroyed me.
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Man is many things, but he is not rational.
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It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.
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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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