She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.
("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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When one is in love one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. This is what the world calls a romance.Oscar Wilde
The basis of optimism is sheer terror. We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbour with the possession of those virtues that are likely to be a benefit to us. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.
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Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.
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Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.
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She knew nothing but she had everything he had lost.
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Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.
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