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She had a passion for secrecy, but she herself was merely a Sphinx without a secret.

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Complete Short Stories: The Model Millionaire + The Canterville Ghost + The Happy Prince + The Star-Child + The Fisherman And His Soul + The Selfish Giant + The Nightingale And The Rose + The Sphinx Without A Secret + many more...”, p.203, e-artnow

I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.

Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (Diversion Classics)”, p.32, Diversion Books

We have quite the same ideas. No; I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasant.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.209, Oxford University Press on Demand

Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose”, p.5, Oxford University Press on Demand

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.57, Oxford University Press on Demand

It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting

Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel (2011). “The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition”, p.142, Harvard University Press

Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something.

Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.999, Wordsworth Editions

The one charm about the past is that it is the past. But women never know when the curtain has fallen.

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.83, GENERAL PRESS

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.55, Oxford University Press on Demand

Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.

Oscar Wilde, Alyssa Harad (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

The unread is always better than the unreadable.

Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde”, p.73, Courier Corporation

American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as English women are at concealing their past.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.197, Oxford University Press on Demand

The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.

Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.13, Oscar Wilde

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1159, GENERAL PRESS

Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.

Oscar Wilde (2012). “Epigrams”, p.56, BoD – Books on Demand

They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.

Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.83, GENERAL PRESS