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Serious Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
- A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
- In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.
- The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our…
- 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…
- This ghastly state of things is what you call Bunburying, I suppose? Algernon. Yes, and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is. The most wonderful Bunbury…
- Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
- I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
- I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious." "Oh, that's nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense." "Nobody ever does.
- We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.
- I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.…
- In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead…
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