In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
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The best quotes by Oscar Wilde
The masses feel that drunkenness, stupidity, and immorality should be their own special property, and that if any one of us makes an ass of himself, he is poaching on their preserves.
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A burnt child loves the fire.
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I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for life."
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
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Women are a fascinatingly wilful sex. Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.
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I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
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Health is the first duty in life.
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We never have more illusions than when we try to act.
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