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Oscar Wilde Quotes

«Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation»
«Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.»
«The truth is rarely pure and never simple.»
«The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.»
«I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.»
«Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.»
«One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.»
«I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.»
«Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.»
«Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.»

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