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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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In a temple everything should be serious except the thing that is being worshiped.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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And all, but Lust, is turned to dust In Humanity's machine.
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Aestheticism is a search after the signs of the beautiful. It is the science of the beautiful through which men seek the correlation of the arts. It is, to speak more exactly, the search after the secret of life.
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The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present.
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A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.
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Biography lends to death a new terror.
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The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. In art, as in politics, les grand-pères ont toujours tort.
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People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go others, whenever they go.
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.
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I like men who have a future and women who have a past.
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A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.
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The secret of life is in art.
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I can believe anything provided it is quite incredible.
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We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
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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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A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.
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A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do.
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Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.
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