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A Woman of No Importance quotes

Oscar Wilde

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“The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly rational being?” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Who, being loved, is poor?” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Beautiful women never have time. They are always so occupied in being jealous of other people's husbands.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Moderation is a fatal thing . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“They say . . . that when good Americans die they go to Paris.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“Hearts live by being wounded.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“A kiss may ruin a human life” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“But I am bound to state, as you were remarking, Jane, that he is excellent company, and he has one of the best cooks in London, and after a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“There are things that are right to say, but that may be said at the wrong time and to the wrong people. ” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance

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