Oscar Wilde quotes

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Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
Oscar Wilde
Genius
Ridicule
Tribute
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
Oscar Wilde
People
Past
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
Oscar Wilde
Love
Reason
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Oscar Wilde
Advice
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Oscar Wilde
Prison
Will
There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
Oscar Wilde
People
Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
Oscar Wilde
Harm
Now
Trying
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde
Nothing
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
Oscar Wilde
Soul
Cure
Nothing
Senses
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
Oscar Wilde
Age
Woman
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
Oscar Wilde
Ugly
Will
One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.
Oscar Wilde
Life
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
Oscar Wilde
Difference
Journalism
Literature
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
Oscar Wilde
Death
Reputation
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Oscar Wilde
Science
Romance
End
Sentiment