Oscar Wilde

Literature Irish 1854 – 1900 206 quotes

Wittiest writer in English, playwright and novelist

Quotes by Oscar Wilde

I am not a rich man. I am a poor man. I believe in the generosity of spirit.

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I am not a strong man. I am a weak man. I believe in the strength of character.

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I am not a wise man. I am a foolish man. I believe in the wisdom of folly.

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I am not a happy man. I am a sad man. I believe in the joy of sorrow.

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I am not a good man. I am a bad man. I believe in the goodness of evil.

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I am not a beautiful man. I am an ugly man. I believe in the beauty of ugliness.

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I am not a living man. I am a dying man. I believe in the life of death.

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I am not a man of the world. I am a man of the spirit. I believe in the immortality of the soul.

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I am not a man of the flesh. I am a man of the mind. I believe in the power of thought.

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I am not a man of the past. I am a man of the present. I believe in the eternity of the moment.

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I am not a man of the future. I am a man of the now. I believe in the immediacy of being.

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I am not a man of the earth. I am a man of the heavens. I believe in the boundlessness of the universe.

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I am not a man of the finite. I am a man of the infinite. I believe in the endlessness of possibility.

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I am not a man of the known. I am a man of the unknown. I believe in the mystery of existence.

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I am not a man of the seen. I am a man of the unseen. I believe in the magic of the invisible.

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I am not a man of the tangible. I am a man of the intangible. I believe in the power of the abstract.

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I am not a man of the material. I am a man of the spiritual. I believe in the essence of being.

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I am not a man of the body. I am a man of the soul. I believe in the immortality of the spirit.

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I am not a man of the senses. I am a man of the intuition. I believe in the wisdom of instinct.

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I am not a man of the logic. I am a man of the emotion. I believe in the truth of feeling.

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