Author of quotes: Oscar Wilde

... I understand perfectly well that on the day of liberation I will only move from one prison to another, and there are moments when the whole world seems to me to be a cell no more spacious than mine and no less terrible. And yet I believe that in the beginning the Lord created for each of the people his own special world, and in this inner world a person should strive to live.

Quote Explanation: From a letter to Robert Ross. Her Majesty's Prison, Reading, 1897

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Only love, whatever it may be, can explain the incredible excess of suffering with which the world is filled.

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But I didn't want to hate you. Every day I told myself: I must

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№ 461165 Added Viker 13-01-2024 / 12:04

People like me barely have the right to breathe and take a place in the sun. Our presence mars the joys of others. When we are released, we are unwanted guests everywhere

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№ 461164 Added Viker 13-01-2024 / 12:04

A well-educated person contradicts others, a wise person contradicts himself.

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№ 457534 Added Viker 31-10-2023 / 11:47

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her like she's a perfectly normal person?

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There is always something tragic in friendship tinged with love.

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№ 452361 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:56

We are always affectionate with people who mean nothing to us.

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№ 452359 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:55

Good intentions are doomed to failure, because the right decision is made too late.

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№ 452358 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:55

What is marriage? Unbreakable vow.

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№ 452351 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:54

If you want to spoil human nature, start improving it.

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№ 452349 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:54

Optimism is based on mortal fear.

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№ 452346 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:53

Yes, he won't come back. She played her last role... This girl never really lived, which means she never died... Faced with real life, she hurt herself and chose to leave right away...

Quote Explanation: Lord Henry Wotton on the death of Sibyl Vane.

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№ 452342 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:53

Conscience is the most sublime that we have.

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№ 452339 Added Viker 29-03-2023 / 17:52

In this world, it is easy for fools and freaks to live.

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