
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), born in Ireland, is one of the greatest writers and artists, best known for his plays, poems, fairy tales and novels.
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We all live in the gutters, but there are still people looking up at the stars.
- Wilde
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There is only one thing in the world that is worse than being talked about, and that is that no one talks about you.
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A man can always be kind to someone he doesn't care about.
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When I was young, I thought money was the most important thing in the world, and when I got old, I didn't know that it was really the case.
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Today is an era when there is too much to see and no time to appreciate, too much to write without time to think.
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To distinguish human beings between good and evil is simply foolish. Because human beings are either attractive or boring, it can only be one of these two.
- Wilde, "The Little Grandmother's Fan"
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Men marry because they are tired, women marry out of curiosity, and both sides are disappointed.
— Wilde, Portrait of Dowling Gray
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Conscience makes everyone an egoist.
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Living the life you want is not selfish, asking others to live according to their own wishes is.
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When you have youth, feel it. Don't waste your golden age, don't listen to boring things, don't try to save hopeless failures, don't dedicate your life to ignorance, mediocrity, and vulgarity. These are the pathological goals of our time, the false ideals. alive! Live out your precious inner life. Don't miss anything.
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There are only two kinds of people who are most attractive, one who knows nothing and one who knows nothing.
- Wilde, Portrait of Dorian Grey
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I love him because he is like love itself.
- Wilde, Portrait of Dorian Gray
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Your mistake is not that you know very little about life, but that you know too much. You have left far behind the exquisite flowers, the pure light, the joy of innocent hope that you possessed at the dawn of your childhood. You have run swiftly through romance into reality. You become obsessed with the gutter and what grows inside.
- Wilde, Wilde's Prison
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Be yourself, because everyone else has someone else doing it.
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