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Life is too short to learn German
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
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Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them.
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People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.
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The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.
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The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.
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After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
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If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
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It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It's possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
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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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We live, I regret to say, in an age of Big Data hype.
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God grant me the serenity to accept that people are ignorant, the courage to uphold the law when I'm hostile, & the wisdom to realize that murder is illegal.
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