Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde"As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular"
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Oscar Wilde"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
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Oscar Wilde"It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true"
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Oscar Wilde"A lack of sincerity, is it so terrible? What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities."
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Oscar Wilde"Selfishness is not living as you wish to live, it is asking others to live as you think they should; Altruism is letting people live how they wish without interfering."
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Oscar Wilde"Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes"
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Oscar Wilde"The world has always laughed at its own tragedies, that being the only way in which it has been able to bear them. My experience of misfortune taught me to come to the aid of the unfortunate."
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Oscar Wilde"A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?"
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Oscar Wilde"I'm glad to hear you smoke. A man should always have an occupation of some kind. There are far too many idle men in London as it is."
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