"Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow."

Wilde, Oscar on attitude
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"To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance."

Wilde, Oscar on romance and romanticism
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"Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream."

Wilde, Oscar on action
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"Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others."

Wilde, Oscar on wickedness
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"How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say."

Wilde, Oscar on hypocrisy
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"It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true."

Wilde, Oscar on gossip
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"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

Wilde, Oscar on goals
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"The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius."

Wilde, Oscar on genius
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"I have nothing to declare except my genius."

Wilde, Oscar on genius
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"And now, I am dying beyond my means. [Sipping champagne on his deathbed]"

Wilde, Oscar on famous last words
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"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."

Wilde, Oscar on excellence
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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."

Wilde, Oscar on education
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"One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art."

Wilde, Oscar on dress
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"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."

Wilde, Oscar on death
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"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

Wilde, Oscar on gossip
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"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."

Wilde, Oscar on forgiveness
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"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."

Wilde, Oscar on dream
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