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Oscar Wilde Quotes

«A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.»
«Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.»
«Men become old, but they never become good»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Ageing, Human Nature, Mankind | Keywords: men, old
«It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.»
«My great mistake, the fault for which I can't forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.»
«To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.»
«I may have said the same thing before...but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.»
«Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.»
«Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Art, Life | Keywords: imitates
«The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.»