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Letter "O" » Oscar Wilde Quotes
«He hadn't a single redeeming vice.»
«Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex»
«I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.»
«Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life»
«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.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Life
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Keywords:
dream,
every,
few,
make,
object,
objected,
One Life to Live,
own,
perfection,
reality,
realize,
supreme,
To Live,
true,
True Life,
true to life
«A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
by choice,
careful,
choice,
Choicer,
enemies,
His,
In the,
man,
too-careful,
too
«The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
All Saints,
between,
difference,
future,
has a,
past,
saint,
sinner,
The Saint
«Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Necessity,
Purpose,
Style
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Keywords:
Better Than Life,
dressing,
get a look,
get dressed,
good,
good and,
good looks,
have a look,
Having,
is a,
is not,
life,
looking,
look out on,
look up to,
necessity,
purpose,
purposing,
take a look,
well,
welled
«It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
absurd,
and or,
are,
bad,
charmed,
charming,
divide,
divided up,
either,
good,
good and,
good for you,
How to be Good,
into,
in a bad way,
people,
peopled,
tedious
«The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.»