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After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Oscar Wilde
Family, Thanksgiving, Food
1893 Lady Caroline. A Woman of No Importance, act 2.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde
Inspirational, Family, Happiness
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.31, First Avenue Editions

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Oscar Wilde
Funny, Family, Sarcastic
The Importance of Being Earnest act 1 (1895)

I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves.

Oscar Wilde
Family, People, Faults
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.175, Oxford University Press on Demand

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Oscar Wilde
Family, Witty, Time
'A Woman of No Importance' (1893) act 2

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

Oscar Wilde
Funny, Family, Father
Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.233, Penguin

The American father is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his family once a month by means of a telegram in cipher.

Oscar Wilde
Family, Wall, Father
Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.1861, Delphi Classics

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