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Far Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
- I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the…
- I must say to myself that I ruined myself, and that nobody great or small can be ruined except by his own hand. I am…
- Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.
- The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead…
- Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that…
- Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
- Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
- Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
- How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
- Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
- You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I…
- Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.
- Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.
- It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a friend. Somehow, I…
- 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…
- Far away beyond the pine-woods,' he answered, in a low dreamy voice, 'there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there…
- She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.
- Even before I met you I was far from indifferent to you.
- All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
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