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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

--Oscar Wilde

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation

--Oscar Wilde

Every great man has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.

--Oscar Wilde

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

--Oscar Wilde

I know not whether Laws be right, Or whether Laws be wrong;

All that we know who lie in gaol Is that the wall is strong; A

nd that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long.

--Oscar Wilde

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

--Oscar Wilde

Only great masters of style can succeed in being obtuse.

--Oscar Wilde

There are people who say I have never really done anything wrong

in my life; of course, they only say it behind my back.

--Oscar Wilde

Plain women are always jealous of their husbands.

Beautiful women never are.

They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.

--Oscar Wilde

The reason we are so pleased to find other people's

secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.

--Oscar Wilde

To live is the rarest thing in the world.

Most people exist, that is all.

--Oscar Wilde

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

--Oscar Wilde