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224 quotes (Page 3 of 9 pages)Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
Fathers
Oscar Wilde
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Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.
Flowers
Oscar Wilde
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For he who lives more lives than one: More deaths than one must die.
Death and Dying
Oscar Wilde
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For his mourners will be outcast men, and outcasts always mourn.
Outcasts
Oscar Wilde
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Frank Harris has been received in all the great houses -- once!
Guests
Oscar Wilde
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Good taste is the excuse I have given for leading such a bad life.
Taste
Oscar Wilde
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Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
Scandal
Oscar Wilde
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He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.
Silence
Oscar Wilde
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He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Romance and Romanticism
Oscar Wilde
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He thinks like a Tory, and talks like a Radical, and that's so important nowadays.
Politicians and Politics
Oscar Wilde
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He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
Punctuality
Oscar Wilde
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He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
Aphorisms and Epigrams
Oscar Wilde
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How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.
Hypocrisy
Oscar Wilde
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How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?
Heartbreak
Oscar Wilde
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I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
Politicians and Politics
Oscar Wilde
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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
Simplicity
Oscar Wilde
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I am dying beyond my means.
Death and Dying
Oscar Wilde
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I am not young enough to know everything.
Knowledge
Oscar Wilde
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I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
Faith
Oscar Wilde
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I can resist everything except temptation.
Temptation
Oscar Wilde
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I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
Suffering
Oscar Wilde
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I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.
Age and Aging
Oscar Wilde
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I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing.
Argument
Oscar Wilde
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I have nothing to declare except my genius.
Genius
Oscar Wilde
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I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Excellence
Oscar Wilde
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
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