But just as my philosophy had ceased to interest me as soon as it was formulated into a set of principles so, when I saw myself being imitated, I realised at once what an incubus my aesthetic personality might become if I were to be...
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Peter Ackroyd
Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.
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Oscar Wilde
There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is...
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Oscar Wilde
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.
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Oscar Wilde
What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
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Oscar Wilde
More Quotes By Oscar Wilde
Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.
The heart was made to be broken.
The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
