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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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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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Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.
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I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual.
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The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, as in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.
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