Oscar Wilde

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"The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame."	Wisdom
"The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions."	Wisdom
"In life there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what you want, the other is getting it."	Wisdom
"Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose."	God, Stupidity
"I can resist anything but temptation."	God, Stupidity
"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
"Love is a misunderstanding between two fools."	Friendship, Dreams
"Love is a misunderstanding between two fools."	Love
"Love is fed by the imagination, by which we become wiser than we know, better than we feel, nobler than we are; by which we can see life as a whole: by which and which alone, we can understand others in their real as in their ideal relations."	Friendship, Dreams
"Love is fed by the imagination, by which we become wiser than we know, better than we feel, nobler than we are; by which we can see life as a whole: by which and which alone, we can understand others in their real as in their ideal relations."	Love
"They've promised that dreams can come true - but forget to mention that nightmares are dreams, too."	Friendship, Dreams
"They've promised that dreams can come true - but forget to mention that nightmares are dreams, too."	Love
"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
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months."	Success, Insults
"She wore too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman."	Success, Insults
"By giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it [modern journalism] keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community."	Success, Insults
"To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance."	Fear
"One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything."	Women
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