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Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reaso...more

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[Letter to William Ward, 11 July 1878]Dear Boy, Why don’t you write to me? I don’t know what has become of you.As for me I am ruined. The law suit is ...more

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If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

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It would be unfair to expect other people to be as brilliant as oneself.

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Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.

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It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco.It must be a delightful city and possess all the attractions of the n...more

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Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean someth...more

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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful...more

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Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistic...more

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

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That is the worst of women. They always want one to be good. And if we are good, when they meet us, they don't love us at all. They like to find us qu...more

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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

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If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

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Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.