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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Only the shallow know themselves. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience. ↗

— 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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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Oscar Wilde

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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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They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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