Accounts Quotes by Oscar Wilde

8 Accounts quotes by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde’s brief quips about accounts reveal his characteristic wit, turning even mundane record‑keeping into something amusing.

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We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise…

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The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the…

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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

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Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

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It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for…

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Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay…

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“In her dealings with man, destiny never closed her accounts.”

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Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.

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How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

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The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

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Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others

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Who, being loved, is poor?

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“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…

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Anybody can be good in the country

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I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

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“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”

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“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…

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To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance

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“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”

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Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…

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Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.

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Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

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Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…

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