Oscar Wilde
Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.
Oscar WildeI think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar WildeIf there is anything in the world more annoying than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.
Oscar WildeLaughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
Oscar WildeConsistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar WildeLooking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
Oscar WildeI never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
Oscar WildeHe must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Oscar WildeImagination is a quality given to man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humaor is provided to console him from what he is.
Oscar WildeMorality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
Oscar WildeMorality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike.
Oscar WildeOnly the shallow know themselves.
Oscar WildeWe are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar WildeThere is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
Oscar WildeScience is the record of dead religions.
Oscar WildeAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar WildeAll art is quite useless.
Oscar WildeReligion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.
Oscar WildeWe're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar WildeArguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Oscar WildeA little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Oscar WildeI don't play accurately-any one can play accurately- but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.
Oscar WildeOne should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.
Oscar WildeTruth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
Oscar WildeLife is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
Oscar Wilde
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