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Oscar Wilde
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The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
--Oscar Wilde
The pure and simple Truth is rarely pure, and never simple.
--Oscar Wilde
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
--Oscar Wilde
One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
--Oscar Wilde
Genius is born--not paid.
--Oscar Wilde
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
--Oscar Wilde
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
--Oscar Wilde
We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.
--Oscar Wilde