Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Subject:
Argument & Debate
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Subject:
Imagination
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
Subject:
Mankind
Human Nature
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Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
Subject:
Age
Quotes from Plays
Work: The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 3
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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
Subject:
Simplicity
Work: The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Subject:
Pessimism
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One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.
Subject:
Life
Work: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
Subject:
Poetry
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One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Subject:
Fate & Destiny
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In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.
Subject:
Enemy
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Subject:
Art
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Subject:
Sincerity
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Subject:
War
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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
Subject:
Art
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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Subject:
Religion
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Subject:
Good
World
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When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
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The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes
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We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
Subject:
England
Work: The Canterville Ghost, 1882
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The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
Subject:
Advice
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