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Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, novelist and playwright; b. 1854; d. 1900
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# · Unrated · submitted 1999 by E. Lechner
Either those curtains go or I do.
Oscar Wilde, (last words), in Life and Death
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The only thing that men and women have in common, is that they both prefer the company of men.
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A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
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Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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I am not young enough to know everything.
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I can resist everything except temptation.
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I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
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I was asked by the customs if I had anything to declare. I said: Yes, I'd like to declare — I'm a genius!
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In life, we are all in the gutter. Some of us just tend to look up at the stars.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
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Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it.
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