In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.
More Quotes from Oscar Wilde:
To influence a person is to give him ones own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of some one elses music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him.Oscar Wilde
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
Oscar Wilde
I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit touch it and the bloom is gone.
Oscar Wilde
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Oscar Wilde
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
Oscar Wilde
The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future.
Oscar Wilde
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