Oscar Wilde

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"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."	Friendship, Dreams
"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."	Love
"A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."	Enemies
"A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position."	Men
"A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection."	Art
"All that I desire to point out is the general principle that Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life."	Art
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."	America
"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success."	Friendship, Dreams
"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success."	Love
"Bigamy is having one husband or wife too many. Monogamy is the same."	Marriage
"By giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it [modern journalism] keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community."	Success, Insults
"Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose."	God, Stupidity
"Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative."	Success, Imagination
"Duty is what one expects from others."	Responsibility
"Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing."	Experience
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."	Success, Insults
"Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys."	Economics, Soccer
"God and other artists are always a little obscure."	Art
"He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise."	Poetry
"History is merely gossip."	Economics, History
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