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«The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.»
«A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
hypocrite, invariably, moralize, moralizes, moralizing, plain, plainer, plainest, usually
«Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a mans last romance.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
First love,
Love,
Men and Women
| Keywords:
first, First Love, first woman, last, mans, men, romance, romances, romancing, The Last Man, woman, women
«Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
distinguishing, humanity, philanthropic
«There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Emotion
| Keywords:
ceased, emotions, ridiculous
«My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth, I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
a great deal, dare, deal, dear, dears, great deal, lady, looked, pretty, said, There was, while, young, young lady, you said it
«He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
always, being, for the time being, His, his times, In These Times, late, Now is the Time, of all time, Out of Time, principle, punctuality, thief, Thief of Time, time, Time After Time, time out, Was, well timed
«I am not young enough to know everything.»
«Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Education
| Keywords:
admirable, from time to time, taught, The Admirable
«The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Creativity
| Keywords:
creates, critical, imagination, imitated, imitates, spirit
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