Oscar Wilde — Philosophical Quotes

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Oscar Wilde Quotes

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Oscar Wilde

Writer

Philosophical

“Life is the art of being well deceived, and to succeed, it must be habitual and uninterrupted.”

Art Succeed Deceived Us

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Oscar Wilde

Writer

Philosophical

“If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.”

Giving Reality Expression

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Philosophical

“Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary.”

Sometimes Unnecessary

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Philosophical

“A live unexamined isn't worth living. I will add, "A life unlived isn't worth examining.”

Add Worth Living

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Philosophical

“There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them.”

Animal Action Emotion

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Philosophical

“A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.”

Men Honesty Dust

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Philosophical

“The ugly can be beautiful. The pretty, never.”

Beautiful Ugly

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Philosophical

“There is no such thing as a heterosexual male, only men who haven't met Oscar Wilde yet.”

Men Males

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Philosophical

“What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.”

Race Curiosity Rejection

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Philosophical

“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

Art Passion Joy

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Philosophical

“The greatest of all sins is stupidity.”

Sin Stupidity

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Philosophical

“Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.”

Philosophy Bears

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