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Oscar Wilde Quotes

1856-1900, British Author, Wit · 417 quotes
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“Nothing succeeds like success.”
Success
“Life would be dull without them.”
Mistakes
“There is no sin except stupidity.”
Sin
“Charity creates a multitude of sins.”
Charity
“Those whom the gods love grow young.”
Youth
“Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.”
Leisure
“Skepticism is the beginning of Faith.”
Skepticism
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
Attitude
“The greatest of all sins is stupidity.”
Stupidity
“Ambition is the last refuge of failure.”
Ambition
“It is always the unreadable that occurs.”
News
“Work is the curse of the drinking class.”
Work
“It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.”
Change
“I am not young enough to know everything.”
Knowledge
“Scandal: gossip made tedious by morality.”
Scandal
“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Temptation
“I have nothing to declare except my genius.”
Genius
“Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.”
Sorrow
“Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.”
Food and Eating
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.”
Seriousness
“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”
Weakness