Oscar Wilde Quotes

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Oscar Wilde Quotes

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Oscar Wilde

Writer

Creative

“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”

Art Peril Beneath The Surface

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Oscar Wilde

Writer

Lonely

“Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”

Time Family Witty

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Philosophical

“A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.”

Believe Truth

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Peaceful

“The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.”

Perfect Personality

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Melancholic

“The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.”

Life Firsts Duty

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Creative

“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.”

Drama Genius Talent

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Love

“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”

Love Funny

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Spiritual

“I drink to separate my body from my soul.”

Soul Body

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Grieving

“After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed and mourning over tragedies that were not my own.”

Sin Tragedy Mourning

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Optimistic

“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.”

Country Land Humanity

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Confident

“A true gentleman is one who is never intentionally rude.”

Gentleman Rude

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Confident

“A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”

Inspirational Funny

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