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Deliver me from my disciples!

More Oscar Wilde quotes
"Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
"A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
"The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.
"Every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.
"My doctor says I must not have any serious conversation after seven [o'clock]. It makes me talk in my sleep.
"The mimicry of passion is the most intolerable of all poses.
"Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable
"JACK.I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an abso...