No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Whatever harsh criticisms may be passed on the construction of her sentences, she at least possesses that one touch of vulgarity that makes the whole world kin.Oscar Wilde
There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.
Oscar Wilde
To elope is cowardly it is running away from danger and danger has become so rare in modern life
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It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. . . . The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
Oscar Wilde
I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde
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