decided that i am going to do oscar wilde in my ipi exam, this still leaves me 7 more political thinkers to choose. Either way Oscar Wilde is a goddam legend, his writings and thoughts are like a mirror of my own inner thoughts...darkly satirical with major emphasises on sarcasm. here are some of his quotes
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter
I am not young enough to know everything
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong
I can resist anything but temptation
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about
To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much
When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends
True friends stab you in the front
A poet can survive everything but a misprint
I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again
