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Oscar Wilde Quotes

«In married life three is company and two none.»
«The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster»
«One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give interest to one's old age.»
«When I think of all the harm the Bible has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it»
«The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life»
«Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Life | Keywords: far, seriously, talk
«It is through Art, and through Art only, that we can realise our perfection.»
«After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations»
«I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.»
«One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Learning | Keywords: learns, lessons, prison