Differences Quotes by Oscar Wilde

12 Differences quotes by Oscar Wilde

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Wilde’s twelve sharp observations turn the concept of contrast into a playground for irony and elegance. His signature wit cuts through the ordinary, making each line a memorable commentary on how things set themselves apart.

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If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.

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My wife and I no longer have anything in common but our differences.

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Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

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Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.

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I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.

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Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

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The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

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My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is…

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A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and…

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Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time…

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The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1.322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but…

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Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They…

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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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