Tag: Oscar Wilde

Some cause happiness wherever they go others whenever they go.

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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for.

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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

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The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

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The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.

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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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