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Oscar Wilde Quotes - Page 4

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The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

Inspirational, Secret, Life Is

In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.

Strong, War, Rich

Oscar Wilde (2015). “Oscar Wilde The Dover Reader”, p.267, Courier Dover Publications

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.

Party, Speak No Evil, Cocktails

Life is too short to learn German

Life, German Language, Insulting

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Inspirational, Irony, Substitutes

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

Moderation, All Things, Including

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Inspirational, Money, Real

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

Happiness, Flower, Book

Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.128, Oxford University Press, USA

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

Artist, People, Trying

Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.270, University of Chicago Press

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

Simple, Simplicity, Healthy

Always be a little unexpected.

Littles, Unexpected

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Genius, Mediocrity, Tribute

Any place that we love becomes our world.

Love Is, Our World, World

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.

Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

One's dreams must be big enough so as not to lose sight of them.

Dream, Sight, Enough

Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

Beauty, Fashion, Makeup

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

Love, Friendship, Sarcastic

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.

Life, Beautiful, Death

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.205, Wordsworth Editions

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Funny, Positive, Witty

You are Beautiful when you are happy

Inspirational, Beautiful, You Are Beautiful

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.

Wonder, Express Yourself, Disappointed Love

You can fake intelligence, but you can't fake wit.

Fake, Wit

Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

Children, Parent, Forgiving

Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

Eye, Men, History

"The Soul of Man Under Socialism". Essay by Oscar Wilde, 1891.

Nothing worth learning can ever be taught

Taught

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