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Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

~Oscar Wilde

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Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.

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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

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Biography lends to death a new terror.

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There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better.

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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.

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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

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Those whom the gods love grow young.

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'The Lady's World' should be made the recognized organ for the expression of women's opinions on all subjects of literature, art and modern life, and yet it should be a magazine that men could read with pleasure.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: October 16th, 1854

Died: November 30th, 1900

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