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Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde

“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.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: The Critic as Artist (1891)
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Oscar Wilde

“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”

- Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: The Critic as Artist (1891)
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Oscar Wilde

“A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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“A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”

- Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)
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Oscar Wilde

“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”

- Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde

“A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: The Children of the Poets, The Pall Mall Gazette (October 14, 1886).
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Oscar Wilde

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (1889).
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Oscar Wilde

“Alas, I am dying beyond my means.”

- Oscar Wilde

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“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: Algernon, Act I - The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
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Oscar Wilde

“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”

- Oscar Wilde

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“Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.”

- Oscar Wilde

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“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”

- Oscar Wilde

Source/Notes: Phrases and Philosophies for the use of the Young (1894)
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