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You should study the Peerage…It is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done.
Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
Oscar Wilde
Chameleon

Like dear St Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
Oscar Wilde
Letter

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
Oscar Wilde
The Soul of Man under Socialism

In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the Press.
Oscar Wilde
Fortnightly Review

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.
Oscar Wilde
Fortnightly Review

I suppose publishers are untrustworthy. They certainly always look it.
Oscar Wilde
Letter

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
Oscar Wilde
The picture of Dorian Gray

Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest

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Oscar Wilde: Irish writer. Born 1854. Died 1900.