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Quotes by "Oscar Wilde"

Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Oscar Wilde

action doing

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

Oscar Wilde

adversity distress trouble

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Oscar Wilde | Lady Windemere's Fan | 1896

adversity distress trouble

I always pass on good advice. It's the only thing to do with it. It is never any use to oneself.

Oscar Wilde | An Ideal Husband | 1895

advice guidance

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891

age

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Oscar Wilde | The Picture of Dorian Gray | 1891

age

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

Oscar Wilde

america

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