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The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

Oscar Wilde

Punctuality is the thief of time.

Oscar Wilde

It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

Oscar Wilde

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Oscar Wilde

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.

Oscar Wilde

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Oscar Wilde

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people.

Oscar Wilde

As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Oscar Wilde

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.

Oscar Wilde

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