Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Oscar Wilde

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America has never quite forgiven Europe for having been discovered somewhat earlier in history than itself.

Oscar Wilde

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The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.

Oscar Wilde

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To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

Oscar Wilde

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Everything popular is wrong.

Oscar Wilde

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His sudden mad love for Sibyl Vane was a psychological phenomenon of no small interest. There was no doubt that curiosity had much to do with it, curiosity and the desire for new experiences; yet it was not a simple but rather a very complex passion.

Oscar Wilde

Tags: life love passion curiosity psychology complexity desire

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She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

Oscar Wilde

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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Oscar Wilde

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Oh, I don’t care about Jack. I don’t care for anybody in the whole world but you. I love you, Cecily. You will marry me, won’t you?
You silly boy! Of course. Why, we have been engaged for the last three months.
For the last three months?

Oscar Wilde

Tags: he-s-totally-lost

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I really don't see what is so romantic about proposing. One may be accepted - one usually is, I believe - and then the excitement is ended. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

Oscar Wilde

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