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5086 quotesI put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Genius
Oscar Wilde
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I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Humankind
Oscar Wilde
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
Platitudes
Oscar Wilde
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In old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
Media
Oscar Wilde
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It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.
Humankind
Oscar Wilde
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It is he who has broken the bond of marriage -- not I. I only break its bondage.
Divorce
Oscar Wilde
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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Love
Oscar Wilde
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Morality is the attitude we adopt toward people whom we personally dislike.
Morality
Oscar Wilde
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Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.
Murder
Oscar Wilde
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Never speak disrespectfully of Society. Only people who can't get into it do that.
Society
Oscar Wilde
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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Age and Aging
Oscar Wilde
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No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.
Opinions
Oscar Wilde
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No, Ernest, don't talk about action. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
Action
Oscar Wilde
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Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Teachers and Teaching
Oscar Wilde
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Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Value
Oscar Wilde
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Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.
Bachelor
Oscar Wilde
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One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.
Dress
Oscar Wilde
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She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.
Weakness
Oscar Wilde
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Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.
Speakers and Speaking
Oscar Wilde
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The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
Children
Oscar Wilde
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The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
Books - Reading
Oscar Wilde
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The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.
Belief
Oscar Wilde
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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Misers and Misery
Oscar Wilde
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Goals
Oscar Wilde
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Cynics and Cynicism
Oscar Wilde
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun