While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.

There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Charity creates a multitude of sins... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Women are made to be loved, not understood... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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

By: Oscar Wilde

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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious... view

By: Oscar Wilde

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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes... 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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