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Letter "O" » Oscar Wilde Quotes
«I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
bore, delightful, merely, society, suppose, tragedy, wonderfully
«Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - Ah! there is the sting of life.»
«It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
stupid, takes, thoroughly
«The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
basis, marriage, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, misunderstands, mutual, proper
«We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.»
«Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
bear, equanimity, misfortunes, philosophy, teaches
«The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
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«The aim of love is to love: no more, and no less.»
«Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Women
| Keywords:
complimented, compliments, difference, disarmed, disarming, disarms, Same sex, sexes, Sex and the
«One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.»
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