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One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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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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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .
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Don't be discouraged if your children reject your advice. Years later they will offer it to their own offspring.
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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions.
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The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality.
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Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
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