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MORE QUOTES BY Oscar Wilde

“To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.”

Oscar Wilde

“I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.”

“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”

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

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“You are what you believe yourself to be.”

“Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.”

“Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?”

“What’s the world’s greatest lie?… It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives,...”

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars”

“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.”

“Everyone is jealous of what you got, but no one is jealous of how you got it”

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.”

“The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing”

“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”