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Some things are more precious because they don't last long.

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 nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the one the critic of the Book of Nature, the other the critic of the books of God. Not to recognise this is to miss the meaning of one of the most important eras in the progress of the world.
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We have quite the same ideas. No I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasant.
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Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
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The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.
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A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
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Just as the philanthropist is the nuisance of the ethical sphere, so the nuisance of the intellectual sphere is the man who is so occupied in trying to educate others, that he has never had any time to educate himself.
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The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.
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I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.
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That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography.
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Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate: the body instinct with spirit. For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow.
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The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.
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Live the wonderful life that is in you.
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Education is very admirable but let us not forget that anything worth knowing cannot be taught.
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When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.
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Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.
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No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.
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