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Saints and sinners

In thought for today on April 19, 2012 at 00:54
English: Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length por...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
Oscar Wilde

Love once

In thought for today on April 11, 2012 at 00:48
Oscar Wilde at Oxford

Oscar Wilde at Oxford (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.”
Oscar Wilde

Masking the truth

In thought for today on April 7, 2012 at 00:32

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
—Oscar Wilde

Genius and talent

In thought for today on March 23, 2012 at 00:23
Oscar Wilde painted portrait _DDC0280

Oscar Wilde painted portrait _DDC0280 (Photo credit: Abode of Chaos)

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Oscar Wilde

Ideas

In thought for today on March 12, 2012 at 00:50
Oscar Wilde at Oxford

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. ”
Oscar Wilde

Mistakes

In thought for today on March 2, 2012 at 00:38
Oscar Wilde at Oxford

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.
Oscar Wilde

Young enough

In thought for today on February 4, 2012 at 06:57

I am not young enough to know everything.
—Oscar Wilde

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