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“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan

Lord Darlington, Act I
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

Oscar Wilde photo
Oscar Wilde photo

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Oscar Wilde photo
Oscar Wilde photo

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

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan

Lord Darlington, Act III
Source: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

Oscar Wilde photo

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

Oscar Wilde book The Soul of Man under Socialism

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
Context: With the abolition of private property, then, we shall have true, beautiful, healthy Individualism. Nobody will waste his life in accumulating things, and the symbols for things. One will live. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde photo

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Variant: Always forgive your enemies — nothing annoys them so much.

Oscar Wilde photo

“You will always love, and you will always be loved.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde photo
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