Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Charity creates a multitude of sins... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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