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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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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#germ #growth #proceeds #which

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

#lessons #many #prison #things #will

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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