Quotes by Oscar Wilde

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

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“The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.”

Topics: history, oscar, quote

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

Topics: given, himself, history

“Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.”

Topics: discontent, first, history

“I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.”

Topics: history, little, looked

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

Topics: almost, history, lives

“There is always something ridiculous about the passions of people whom one has ceased to love.”

Topics: about, always, history

“It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”

Topics: absolution, confession, gives

“It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves.”

Topics: difficult, history, loves

“Those who are faithful know only the pleasures of love: it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.”

Topics: faithful, faithless, history

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