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

— Oscar Wilde

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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Why was I born with such contemporaries? ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#contemporaries #i #such #why

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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