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Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

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What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always ...more

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The world has become sad because a puppet was once melancholy. The nihilist, that strange martyr who has no faith, who goes to the stake without enthu...more

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Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian...I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does. I see that there is something wrong in what on...more

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

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Moral grounds are always the last refuge of people who have no sense of beauty.

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LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life...more

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Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that one should live. If any love is shown us we should recognize that we a...more

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Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing ...more

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I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of my century so that it...more

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Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays....more

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You come down here to console me. That is charming of you. You find me consoled, and you are furious. How like a sympathetic person!

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

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I give the truths of to-morrow.""I prefer the mistakes of today.