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Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.
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Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.
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There is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage: a marriage in which there is love, but on one side only.
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The more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.
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Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.
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A process which makes one rogue cleverer than another.
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The study of law is sublime, and its practice vulgar.
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I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.
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When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck men risk theirs.
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The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!
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