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Oscar Wilde61 quotes
To recognise that the soul of a man is unknowable, is the ultimate achievement of wisdom. The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul? — Oscar Wilde · 1897The curves of your lips rewrite history. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Where there is sorrow there is holy ground. — Oscar Wilde · 1897We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde · 1892Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed. — Oscar Wilde · 1890A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. — Oscar Wilde · 1891All 61 quotes →