Tyler Durden
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Thu Dec-25-03 11:53 PM
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The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde |
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I was going to call this "Oscar's Daily Epigram" but it seemed presumptuous. Besides, I think Oscar would like it better this way.
Anyway, I will attempt to do a new one every day. Here goes:
"Public Opinion is an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community."
Well said, Mr. Wilde.
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Fri Dec-26-03 12:21 AM
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a man is incomplete until he is married after he is married he is finished
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Journeyman
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Fri Dec-26-03 12:21 AM
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2. While passing through Customs. . . |
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on entry to the United States, Wilde was asked if he had anything to declare.
"Nothing but my genius," he replied.
Gotta admire a guy with that much confidence.
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Fri Dec-26-03 12:46 AM
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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jogi1969
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Fri Dec-26-03 12:50 AM
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Fri Dec-26-03 12:48 AM
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Those who can't, teach.
:shrug:
It's the only Oscar Wilde quote I know by heart.
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Sat Dec-27-03 01:04 AM
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15. Woody Allen embellished that one |
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…Those who can't teach, teach gym.
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jogi1969
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Fri Dec-26-03 12:56 AM
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The Book of Life begins with a man and woman in a garden, and it ends with Revelations.
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Fri Dec-26-03 02:31 AM
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"Italy without the culture".
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OneBlueSky
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Fri Dec-26-03 03:03 AM
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8. "Imagination is a quality given a man . . . |
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to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is." Oscar Wilde
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Fri Dec-26-03 07:40 AM
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There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
(The Picture of Dorian Gray)
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He loved Big Brother
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Fri Dec-26-03 09:54 AM
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10. "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." |
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Von's Restaurant in downtown Seattle used to have quotes from all the greats up on the walls.
"I can resist everything except temptation." -Oscar Wilde
I adore Wilde, Mark Twain, Einstein, George Bernard Shaw, and so many others mainly for their ability to prolifically quote hilarious pieces of wisdom with brevity.
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information." Oscar Wilde (my favorite)
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He loved Big Brother
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Fri Dec-26-03 11:56 PM
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11. I liked this one though I don't agree |
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world. (Oscar Wilde)
:D
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Sat Dec-27-03 12:38 AM
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Either those curtains or myself. One of us have to go. (paraphrase)
Fox hunting: The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
His boy, the Marquis of Queensberry's son died in the late 1920's I believe. I remember being surprised at that.
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Sat Dec-27-03 12:44 AM
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14. My favorite is my sig line. Enjoy! |
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Hey, at least now I'm pretty sure someone will read it!
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