"A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."
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Oscar Wilde
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Quotes by Oscar Wilde
"Either this wallpaper goes, or I do."
"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
"The heart was made to be broken."
"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."
"Imagination is a quality that was given to man compensate him from whats not. The sense of humor was given to console him from what is."
"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
"The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible."
"Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness."
"I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability."
"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."
"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise"
"I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything."
"nothing that is worth knowing can be taught"
"Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power."
"The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge that must be the result of years of study."
"Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works."
"Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life."